A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.
Matthew
GospelsAnd he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
Job
WisdomFor thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;
Haggai
Minor ProphetsYe shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
Leviticus
LawThen he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:
Luke
Gospels / LukeDo not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?
James
General Epistles / JamesAnd Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,
2 Chronicles
HistoryBlessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Matthew
GospelsAnd when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.
Judges
History / SamuelHe sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersI have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsMarriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownThis charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;
1 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulThen she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.
Ruth
History / SamuelNotwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
Mark
GospelsIsrael then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThey were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
Joel
Minor ProphetsWhen they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThe LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.
Psalms
PoetryAnd if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath scraped the house, and after it is plaistered;
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.