The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesTherefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonThe sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraShall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
Amos
Minor ProphetsLORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahMoreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.
Deuteronomy
LawNebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
Daniel
Major ProphetsUnderstand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
Psalms
PoetryAnd he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought;
Luke
GospelsBehold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
2 Kings
HistoryBe it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
Numbers
LawFor the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Colossians
Pauline EpistlesKedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraA proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
Proverbs
WisdomBut call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;
Hebrews
General EpistlesGive me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.
Genesis
Law / MosesFor riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.
1 Samuel
HistoryOh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!
Job
Wisdom / JobFor in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
Acts
HistoryThe eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.