For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
Job
Wisdom / JobBaldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.
Genesis
LawAnd gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsSay not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
John
GospelsAlso the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem,
1 Chronicles
HistoryHearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern:
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month.
Ezra
History / EzraAgain Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto Mordecai;
Esther
HistoryAnd Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnBy his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
Job
WisdomThe meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
Psalms
PoetryWhoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
Genesis
LawThen came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me:
Numbers
Law / MosesEvening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
Psalms
PoetryBehold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
1 Kings
HistoryBut God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.