And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewNow the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy brother Ben-hadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Ben-hadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.
1 Kings
HistoryFor destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
Job
WisdomFor I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersGod understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
Job
WisdomThen his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThe tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.
Luke
GospelsAnd his servants spake yet more against the LORD God, and against his servant Hezekiah.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraTherefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom.
Esther
History / MordecaiNow these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.
Luke
GospelsAnd I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraTo fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.
Genesis
Law / MosesBe of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer's inkhorn by his side;
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAfter that he brought me toward the south, and behold a gate toward the south: and he measured the posts thereof and the arches thereof according to these measures.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsLet their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day.