And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThe wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.
2 Chronicles
HistoryYet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahShall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it is a meat offering.
Leviticus
Law / MosesYe ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
James
General Epistles / JamesAnd when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.
Luke
Gospels / LukeTruly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.
Luke
GospelsThus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.
Matthew
GospelsAnd it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahVerily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
John
Gospels / JohnDarts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
Job
WisdomAnd Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
1 Kings
HistorySurely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.
Exodus
LawDivers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.
Judges
HistoryAnd lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewLet his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.