As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
John
Gospels / JohnHave all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.
Luke
GospelsFor even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
1 Peter
General EpistlesMy foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD.
Psalms
PoetryThen David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an hill afar off; a great space being between them:
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him.
Luke
GospelsIf they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:
2 Chronicles
History / EzraTurn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersA sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.
Luke
GospelsAnd then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
Mark
GospelsMoreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
Genesis
LawBut the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThere go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
Psalms
PoetryAnd thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron's consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before the LORD: and it shall be thy part.
Exodus
LawDavid smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates.
2 Samuel
HistoryThe day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone;
John
Gospels / JohnThus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy whoredom brought from the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielMoab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThen shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, and red skins of rams, and badgers' skins, brought them.
Exodus
Law / MosesThere is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.