And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD:
Leviticus
LawThese words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
John
Gospels / JohnThey have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of the living, yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of them that be slain.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.
Luke
GospelsBecause the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Genesis
LawSing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one.
Exodus
Law / MosesCome, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
Genesis
Law / MosesBlessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.
1 Kings
HistoryDo ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThey were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraBehold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsFor every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:
James
General EpistlesBlessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBeware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts;
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:
Acts
History / LukeAnd they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
2 Kings
HistoryO give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.