Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of whole stones: and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD thy God:
Deuteronomy
LawGather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
Genesis
Law / MosesSpeak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against the LORD, and that person be guilty;
Numbers
LawAnd thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThe precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
Lamentations
Major ProphetsI considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomWho went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.
1 Kings
HistoryThat which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesThe proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
Psalms
PoetryIn the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.
Haggai
Minor Prophets / HaggaiThey shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:
Numbers
LawFrom beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.
Zephaniah
Minor Prophets / ZephaniahAfter this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAll these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.
Genesis
LawAnd when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraTherefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.
Matthew
GospelsFor all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of Simeon.