Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
Psalms
PoetryNow we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.
2 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesThey draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.
Psalms
PoetryThose that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
Genesis
LawAnd the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
Genesis
Law / MosesBe patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
James
General EpistlesI was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.
2 Samuel
HistoryHearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahYe shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThough a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonO thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
Micah
Minor ProphetsThe children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephishesim,
Nehemiah
HistoryBut the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,
2 Chronicles
History / EzraA fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonSome of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewWho hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain:
Numbers
LawAnd he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest:
Leviticus
Law / MosesThen Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is.