Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.
Deuteronomy
LawBut he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewHave respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee:
2 Chronicles
HistoryThe nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.
1 Kings
HistoryO how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
Psalms
PoetryAnd let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as occasion serve thee; for God is with thee.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThe voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahLo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.
Job
WisdomEvery word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd they said, The LORD commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters.
Numbers
LawBut he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAs the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
Esther
HistoryI am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
Luke
GospelsAnd in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBetter is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him.
1 Kings
HistoryWhoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomSuffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
Job
WisdomAnd the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.
Luke
GospelsAnd they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.