Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahGod is known in her palaces for a refuge.
Psalms
PoetryNow the LORD hath brought it, and done according as he hath said: because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is come upon you.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsI have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;
Isaiah
Major ProphetsYe which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosBut when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:
Matthew
GospelsYe shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.
Leviticus
Law / MosesBy the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD.
2 Kings
HistoryThen ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.
Exodus
LawAnd God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
Genesis
LawAnd there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnBut I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThey meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanWhen thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
Genesis
Law / MosesFor he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.