And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahI am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.
Acts
History / LukeAnd when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question.
Mark
GospelsAnd it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
Numbers
LawAnd they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but destroyed it utterly, and all the souls that were therein.
Joshua
HistoryLo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were made in the pans.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraI am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
Psalms
PoetryRemember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt;
Deuteronomy
LawThey take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets / HabakkukThe word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsDestruction and misery are in their ways:
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd every thing whereupon any part of their carcase falleth shall be unclean; whether it be oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down: for they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you.
Leviticus
Law / MosesLo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
Job
Wisdom / JobJudge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
John
GospelsThen the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraHe goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
Job
WisdomAnd there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning.