(For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.
Genesis
Law / MosesThe LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
Numbers
LawAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:
Exodus
Law / MosesFor Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of the LORD, and out of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto the king of Assyria: but he helped him not.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraI decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBecause the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahYe are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
Matthew
GospelsBehold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahSeeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
2 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesYet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
Job
WisdomAll these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelBut the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.
Luke
GospelsAnd when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.
Acts
HistoryDare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAfter these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.
Exodus
LawBe glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHalhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor,
Joshua
HistoryAnd he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.
Joshua
HistoryThese things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd it shall be the prince's part to give burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel.