But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahNow when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.
Mark
GospelsYea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.
2 Samuel
HistoryThe LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
Joel
Minor ProphetsWho raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.
Deuteronomy
LawThen came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
2 Samuel
HistoryCame unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him.
Acts
HistoryFor, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraFor the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
Mark
Gospels / MarkFor the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Leviticus
LawNow the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;
Numbers
Law / MosesThe ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThen answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
Job
WisdomAnd he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.
Genesis
LawTruly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
Exodus
Law / MosesLet not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.