And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for why should we serve him?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.
Job
Wisdom / JobO LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
Psalms
PoetryAlso the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering unto the LORD.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king.
2 Kings
HistoryAs long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
John
Gospels / JohnBehold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsTherefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants.
Matthew
GospelsThey said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!
Numbers
LawThus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd he brought the people's offering, and took the goat, which was the sin offering for the people, and slew it, and offered it for sin, as the first.
Leviticus
LawAll thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
Psalms
PoetryAnd David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it.
Judges
History / SamuelThere hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulMoreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her.
Leviticus
LawFor as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
James
General EpistlesAnd these were they which went up also from Tel-melah, Tel-haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahThe wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
Psalms
PoetryBut the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.