For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand.
Judges
HistoryFor every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself:
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;
Luke
GospelsAll the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four.
Nehemiah
HistorySon of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad.
1 Samuel
HistoryWe have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
Psalms
PoetryAnd she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
1 Kings
HistoryEgypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
John
GospelsWe have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahWoe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
Isaiah
Major ProphetsSo hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelOr what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Mark
Gospels / MarkHe loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.
Psalms
PoetryI will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.
Psalms
PoetryLet mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king's house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women.