The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,
John
GospelsNow the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying,
Luke
GospelsAnd he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves;
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.
Numbers
Law / MosesBut shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.
1 Kings
HistoryThe days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWhen I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsEven the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaBut the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsWith him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
Numbers
LawAnd when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:
Deuteronomy
LawAnd I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsViolence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of their's: neither shall there be wailing for them.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsFor all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
Matthew
Gospels(For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:
Hebrews
General EpistlesYe are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
Matthew
GospelsNow Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahA light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
Luke
GospelsAnd the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:
Numbers
Law / MosesMachnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,
Ezra
History / EzraWith whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.