He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahReturn, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
Matthew
GospelsGive ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.
Psalms
PoetryFor surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.
John
GospelsAnd he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,
Exodus
LawThen said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came together unto him.
Mark
Gospels / MarkFor the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
Micah
Minor ProphetsAnd Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,
Genesis
LawSo Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsHe that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
1 John
General EpistlesAnd let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require:
1 Kings
HistoryThe prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bullock for a sin offering.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAs for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.
Acts
History / LukeAnd there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited his people.
Luke
Gospels / LukeVerily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
John
GospelsRemove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.
Psalms
PoetryWhoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
Proverbs
WisdomSpeak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.