Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanIf so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
1 Peter
General EpistlesTo make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.
1 Samuel
HistoryArt thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household.
Judges
History / SamuelI also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?
John
Gospels / JohnAnd ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesWilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?
Acts
HistoryWhen the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.
Numbers
LawSimon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing.
John
Gospels / JohnFor the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the LORD had smitten among them: upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments.
Numbers
Law / MosesFor he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsI 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
HistoryThen said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahI tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
Luke
GospelsAlso I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.