The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow's side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanI have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsFor ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
Job
WisdomNeither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were at enmity between themselves.
Luke
GospelsAnd Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me.
Luke
Gospels / LukeSome indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:
Philippians
Pauline Epistles / PaulI have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.
1 Kings
HistoryHim that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraLo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
Judges
History / SamuelBehold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsSaul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David: wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
Colossians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
2 Peter
General Epistles / PeterLo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it?
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThen Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly,
Jonah
Minor ProphetsI write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesFor, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.