On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAt that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
Matthew
GospelsTherefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahGive ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
Matthew
GospelsShould I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.
Job
Wisdom / JobBlessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
Leviticus
LawAnd Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
Genesis
Law / MosesBut I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThere is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonFor the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the children of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons by a statute for ever from among the children of Israel.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAll these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.
Acts
HistoryAnd I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.
Leviticus
LawAnd it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul's hand.
1 Samuel
HistoryFor the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThen the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielBehold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
Luke
GospelsAnd he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:
Jonah
Minor Prophets / JonahAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Leviticus
LawAnd the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof.