And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
Lamentations
Major ProphetsHe that hateth me hateth my Father also.
John
GospelsLet a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsWho are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
Romans
Pauline EpistlesNow therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.
Exodus
LawAnd when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
Genesis
Law / MosesFor John was not yet cast into prison.
John
GospelsTherefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of the LORD.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
Job
WisdomThe sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
Ezra
HistoryBut Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.
Acts
History / LukeAnd this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesWhat mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.
Genesis
LawTherefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBut I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewNow therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelBut there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.