And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
Psalms
PoetryYea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain.
Daniel
Major ProphetsTherefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus
LawAnd Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.
Ruth
HistoryAnd also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomFear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.
John
GospelsAnd Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,
Joshua
HistoryThy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set men by it for to keep them:
Joshua
HistoryThou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersA dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
Job
Wisdom / JobThus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielHis flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el: and the LORD was with them.
Judges
History / SamuelThou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.
Psalms
PoetrySeeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
Genesis
Law / MosesThen he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.
Job
Wisdom / JobTherefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThus saith the Lord GOD; The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened.