And her parents were astonished: but he charged them that they should tell no man what was done.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
John
GospelsAnd I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.
Nehemiah
HistoryLet us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.
Job
Wisdom / JobYe have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?
Malachi
Minor ProphetsHe hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsAnd the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThen Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.
Genesis
LawAnd Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.
Joshua
HistoryWhat then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulWhose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
John
Gospels / JohnBut when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
Matthew
GospelsAnd the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the LORD? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the LORD to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death.
Judges
HistoryEsau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;
Genesis
Law / MosesWho hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahSheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielI know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomThus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:
Judges
HistoryMercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
Psalms
PoetryWhich justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielA merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.