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Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?
Esther
HistoryThen Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
Acts
HistoryAnd when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed.
Luke
Gospels / LukeSeeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThen said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee?
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanFor he knew that for envy they had delivered him.
Matthew
GospelsNevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.
Joshua
HistoryWhoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
Proverbs
WisdomWatch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaoh-nechoh.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
Exodus
Law / MosesThou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
Exodus
LawOut of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.
Judges
HistoryIn thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersYe shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesZelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armourbearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah,
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThis then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast.
Joshua
History / JoshuaJesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
John
GospelsThen they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.
Genesis
Law / MosesBut the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go.
Judges
History / SamuelThe singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahSo Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose thee