Thus saith the Lord GOD; The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonVerily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
John
GospelsFor this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
Colossians
Pauline EpistlesAnd he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
Exodus
Law / MosesEphraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people?
1 Kings
History / JeremiahHide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersYea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahBut I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.
Luke
GospelsJoseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.
Mark
Gospels / MarkNotwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Naphtali.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielDo ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
Job
WisdomAnd when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him.
Acts
History / LukeAnd when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, much people gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the sea.
Mark
GospelsAnd the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these things.
Genesis
LawAnd offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim and publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
Amos
Minor ProphetsFor they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not.
Luke
GospelsFor thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and I repented not:
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahAnd when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand: