Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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1 Kings
History / JeremiahNow therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
2 Samuel
HistorySolomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonRise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahIf ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsNevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThe one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb shalt thou offer at even;
Numbers
Law / MosesBehold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd I besought thy disciples to cast him out; and they could not.
Luke
GospelsNow Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief governor in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsHis legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielThus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
Genesis
Law / MosesA fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Psalms
PoetryFor he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.
Acts
HistoryAnd when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
Mark
Gospels / MarkTo declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSpeak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.
Numbers
LawAnd Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lot only:
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahMany waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
Solomon's Song
PoetryAnd he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahOnly unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbad us.