For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the LORD,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraBut they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesIt is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsThus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThen Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee?
John
GospelsAnd it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,
Acts
History / LukeBut Job answered and said,
Job
Wisdom / JobCain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages:
Joshua
History / JoshuaThou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.
Exodus
LawAnd a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.
John
GospelsWhoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.
Matthew
GospelsAnd the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering, and put it upon the posts of the house, and upon the four corners of the settle of the altar, and upon the posts of the gate of the inner court.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him; and God moved them to depart from him.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahBut as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
Genesis
Law / MosesHe rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.
Psalms
PoetryTrouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
Job
WisdomIn that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire;
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsHe that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
John
GospelsKnow ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle: for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAll they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.