Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:
Ecclesiastes
WisdomThe pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the LORD of bright brass.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,
Revelation
ApocalypticIf his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHe answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;
Matthew
GospelsA wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.
Proverbs
WisdomHowl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnNow Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?
2 Kings
HistoryAnd when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of the LORD? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsPrepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
Proverbs
WisdomThen went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.
Ruth
History / SamuelThese chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout their generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.
Mark
GospelsThen the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
Genesis
Law / MosesTherefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThey hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsLift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
Psalms
PoetryHis going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWho cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.
Job
WisdomAnd when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the LORD spoken?