And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
Psalms
PoetryTo whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThey say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsMake thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch of that gate, and he shall go forth by the way thereof.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThe field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelThen said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son?
Luke
GospelsThen went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelFor the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThe LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
Psalms
PoetryAnd ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Colossians
Pauline Epistles / PaulWithdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart.
Deuteronomy
LawThen said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days?
2 Kings
History(For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Mark
GospelsThen thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.