Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewWhile he thus spake, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them: and they feared as they entered into the cloud.
Luke
GospelsTake us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonAnd the five thousand, that are left in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane place for the city, for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst thereof.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in flotes by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThat there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsKeep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersTo him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean.
Leviticus
Law / MosesThe ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part of the beaten corn thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father's house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?
Judges
History / SamuelFor this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulOur fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the LORD our God doth give unto us.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;
Leviticus
LawAnd there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?
Acts
History / LukeIt is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut him up: for he is unclean.
Leviticus
LawNow it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew.
Esther
HistoryAnd Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.