And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahNow therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it:
Judges
History / SamuelThen came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahEven the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.
Luke
Gospels / LukeSuch as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHis own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
Proverbs
WisdomThe voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire.
Psalms
PoetryAll the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.
Ezra
History / EzraYea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBut ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
Job
WisdomBut when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThen Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraSo Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.
Acts
History / LukeWith the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
Psalms
PoetrySo they came up to Baal-perazim; and David smote them there. Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that place Baal-perazim.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAll the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah.