Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBut I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulNot forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownAnd he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielSeraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahIt is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:
Numbers
LawAnd when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewWhat, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonHowbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraSo Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanTherefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego.
Daniel
Major ProphetsGo, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel,
1 Kings
HistoryShall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAll the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers.
Deuteronomy
LawThe fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
Psalms
PoetryBehold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.
Joshua
History / JoshuaThey shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found written therein,
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.