Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsSay, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
Genesis
LawAnd she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest.
Exodus
LawSurely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomNebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she was of the age of twelve years. And they were astonished with a great astonishment.
Mark
GospelsCanst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
Job
Wisdom / JobThe whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour were two thousand and six hundred.
2 Chronicles
HistoryFor thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThese things I command you, that ye love one another.
John
Gospels / JohnBehold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAll flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
Job
WisdomSyria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsI am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.
Judges
HistoryAnd Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go out of his land.
Exodus
Law / MosesSo God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Genesis
LawLord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewHe shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
Proverbs
WisdomWe are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.