And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIf I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;
Job
WisdomYea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
2 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay.
Numbers
Law / MosesI will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
Psalms
PoetryThere is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor.
Nahum
Minor Prophets / NahumThen measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they prophesied also.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelTruth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.
Psalms
PoetryBehold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.
Joshua
HistorySo it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsFor they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
Amos
Minor ProphetsFor verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD'S, and he will give you into our hands.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelRest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
Psalms
PoetryIn that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.
Luke
GospelsAnd it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt: