For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThen I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.
1 Kings
HistoryMoreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsMy soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
Psalms
PoetryThou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet;
Deuteronomy
LawAnd the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Beth-shemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the LORD.
1 Samuel
HistoryThe king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
Joshua
HistoryAll the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of Caesar's household.
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesTherefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
Jonah
Minor ProphetsNow when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThe field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
Genesis
LawGird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelSo then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesAnd Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
Acts
History / LukeAnd shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewDrink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and prevailed against it.
2 Chronicles
HistoryFor though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much sope, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.