For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
Exodus
Law / MosesHow thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThey mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.
Job
WisdomReturn, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahTherefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.
Exodus
LawAnd for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
Exodus
LawBut if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBehold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahAnd they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north.
Joshua
HistoryFor there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraFor the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.
Acts
History / LukeOur soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
Psalms
PoetryFor I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her streets; and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her by the sword upon her on every side; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
1 Chronicles
HistoryBecause I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
Deuteronomy
LawThus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThe sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraIn the land shall be his possession in Israel: and my princes shall no more oppress my people; and the rest of the land shall they give to the house of Israel according to their tribes.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThis day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.