Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
Genesis
LawThy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
Solomon's Song
PoetryAnd ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heard it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThey said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither.
Acts
History / LukeBehold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.
Mark
Gospels / MarkWhile I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
John
GospelsAnd moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.
1 Kings
HistoryBut ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnGo, 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
HistoryMy son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Proverbs
WisdomThen shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
Matthew
GospelsAnd they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of wreathen work of pure gold.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times.
Numbers
Law / MosesThe four and twentieth to Romamti-ezer, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve.
1 Chronicles
HistoryMake me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
Psalms
PoetryAnd whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even.