Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beer-sheba.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
Genesis
LawThe hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonNow these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for their's was the lot.
1 Chronicles
HistoryFor they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.
2 Kings
HistoryBut they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAbide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
John
GospelsI have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonBe ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he commanded to a thousand generations;
1 Chronicles
HistoryThy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsIt is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.
Matthew
GospelsAnd after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!
2 Kings
History / JeremiahSo he measured the house, an hundred cubits long; and the separate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, an hundred cubits long;
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielO God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.
Psalms
PoetryAnd David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraTo call passengers who go right on their ways:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.
Acts
History / LukeAnd what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy servant.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanFor the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersLet the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice