And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahDeclare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHe then having received the sop went immediately out: and it was night.
John
Gospels / JohnNow when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
Acts
HistoryI rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.
2 Samuel
HistoryAs saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God:
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAfter this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying,
2 Chronicles
HistoryMark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.
Psalms
PoetryYe shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd he overlaid the cherubims with gold.
1 Kings
HistoryPaul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,
Colossians
Pauline Epistles / PaulNow when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to unlade her burden.
Acts
HistoryHe maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, that ye may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesI will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonAnd Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.
Genesis
Law / MosesBut thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.