They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?
Numbers
LawFor thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBut bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
Leviticus
LawThe God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.
Psalms
PoetryI will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersYe judge after the flesh; I judge no man.
John
GospelsAnd Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.
Genesis
Law / MosesFrom the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.
Joshua
HistoryAnd he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.
Mark
Gospels / MarkThus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
Genesis
LawAlexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesAnd Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.
2 Samuel
HistoryWhat I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them.
Acts
HistorySo foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAt that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him.
2 Chronicles
HistoryFor, as the LORD liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThen answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint.
1 Samuel
HistoryThen remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.
Acts
History / LukeFor all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;