And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonAnd I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the LORD, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the LORD hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon.
Judges
HistoryAnd of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name.
Nehemiah
HistorySay unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielPilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
John
GospelsWith whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIn the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.
Genesis
LawAnd of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name:
Ezra
HistoryThat whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the sons of Shemidah were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
Genesis
LawAnd Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD heard him.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelGirded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
Genesis
LawBut thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesNamely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThat they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass for them through the fire, to devour them.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.
Luke
GospelsRighteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
Proverbs
WisdomWherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to his destruction.