Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.
Numbers
Law / MosesA man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.
Proverbs
WisdomBut they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahWhen they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.
Exodus
LawThen hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAs God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsIf thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.
Acts
History / LukeShe may not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all that I commanded her let her observe.
Judges
HistoryFor he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the LORD God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThen answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.
Genesis
Law / MosesThou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersPeradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
Genesis
LawO give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.
John
Gospels / JohnHow many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.
Job
WisdomWhen thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesNow therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
Exodus
LawAnd put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
Acts
HistoryI am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow: