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Verses For Discipline & Faith
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If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAgain, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThe eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesSo the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them.
2 Kings
HistoryWhen they which were about him saw what would follow, they said unto him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword?
Luke
Gospels / LukeThen answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?
John
GospelsAnd it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.
Genesis
Law / MosesAt that time Berodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap of great waters.
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets / HabakkukFear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.
John
Gospels / JohnThe thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd they went up, and pitched in Kirjath-jearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjath-jearim.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd for them, even for the priests, shall be this holy oblation; toward the north five and twenty thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length: and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the midst thereof.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielYe fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
Matthew
GospelsO house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Leviticus
LawWe gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAll things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonWhen I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
Job
WisdomSay ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaLet not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
Proverbs
WisdomLike as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.