The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
Matthew
GospelsBut of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesAnd Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.
Genesis
LawThou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
Psalms
PoetryMoreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, being in the midst of that which is the prince's, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the prince.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielPraise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.
Judges
HistoryAnd he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.
Genesis
LawAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers
Law / MosesHe that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, unto the LORD, to make an atonement for the Levites.
Numbers
Law / MosesWho also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law.
Acts
History / LukeMy son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty.
Numbers
Law / MosesThen call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.
Job
WisdomHear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersYea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
Job
WisdomThe nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahWho is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: