He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsWherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Job
WisdomWherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.
2 Peter
General EpistlesAnd when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.
1 Samuel
HistoryThou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
James
General Epistles / JamesLet the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelOur soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
Judges
History / SamuelWherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
Job
Wisdom / JobBehold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
Exodus
LawBehold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
Job
WisdomThou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.
Psalms
PoetrySo Aaron and his sons did all things which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
Leviticus
LawBut they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielMoreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
Exodus
LawAnd shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew
GospelsBut neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised:
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulIn the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
Job
WisdomAnd they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.
Exodus
LawAnd when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.
Luke
GospelsAnd he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching.
Mark
Gospels / MarkThe waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
Job
WisdomAnd to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?