There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelNow there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.
Mark
GospelsIn those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
Esther
HistoryAnd they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for they trembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to any man; for they were afraid.
Mark
Gospels / MarkSpeak unto the children of Israel, saying, He that offereth the sacrifice of his peace offerings unto the LORD shall bring his oblation unto the LORD of the sacrifice of his peace offerings.
Leviticus
LawIf ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
John
GospelsAlso to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.
Proverbs
WisdomHe that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.
Joshua
HistoryBehold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBut the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.
Acts
History / LukeAnd it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall ye do. See, I have commanded you.
Joshua
History / JoshuaForget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time.
1 Kings
HistoryRejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
Proverbs
WisdomAnd I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAlso he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people.
Esther
HistoryBecause he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAll the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
1 Samuel
HistoryDeath and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.