And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?
1 Samuel
HistoryFear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsNone that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
Proverbs
WisdomThat I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judaea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints;
Romans
Pauline EpistlesFor, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Revelation
ApocalypticEphraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsThey said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?
John
GospelsThe LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.
Joshua
History / JoshuaThose that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.
Numbers
Law / MosesHow sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Psalms
PoetryThen will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAs the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
Psalms
PoetryAbi-albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass.
Exodus
LawBehold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
Luke
GospelsAnd this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it.
Numbers
Law / MosesTo whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThis is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty: