The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised.
Obadiah
Minor ProphetsAnd Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel.
1 Chronicles
HistoryThen all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do.
Ezra
HistoryAnd he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
Colossians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle.
Judges
HistoryAnd Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;
2 Samuel
HistoryThen the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of the city.
Joshua
History / JoshuaI am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
Matthew
GospelsThus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;
Acts
HistoryAnd Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.
Genesis
Law / MosesWherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewDebate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?
1 Samuel
HistoryFor thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.
Psalms
PoetryOf the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.
Numbers
Law / MosesThus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsKnowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesAnd, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.
1 Kings
HistoryYet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?