And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
Psalms
PoetryOh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it:
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewRepent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
Acts
History / LukeAll sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersI cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.
Psalms
PoetryYe shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus
LawAnd they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.
Numbers
LawIf he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine account;
Philemon
Pauline EpistlesMake me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?
1 Kings
HistoryAnd one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd he said unto him, We are passing from Beth-lehem-judah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Beth-lehem-judah, but I am now going to the house of the LORD; and there is no man that receiveth me to house.
Judges
History / SamuelGive instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heard it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraFor he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:
Genesis
Law / MosesI charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
Solomon's Song
PoetryTherefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh's.
Genesis
Law / MosesFor, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.