This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.
Psalms
PoetryNow these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:
Deuteronomy
LawCanst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
Job
Wisdom / JobThou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.
Deuteronomy
LawHis lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.
Genesis
LawFor when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night.
2 Samuel
HistoryFor I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
Job
WisdomAnd Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
Genesis
LawTherefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?
Romans
Pauline EpistlesOr if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall come unto the priest;
Leviticus
Law / MosesBut I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.
Luke
GospelsAnd he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.
Genesis
LawMen do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
Genesis
LawThat they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.
Ruth
History / SamuelIn a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.
Job
WisdomAt that time Merodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he had heard that he had been sick, and was recovered.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThen the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.