But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
Psalms
PoetryI have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
Genesis
LawAnd the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAfter that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThat thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.
Psalms
PoetryNow the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Jonah
Minor Prophets / JonahAnd the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahSo man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
Job
WisdomAnd Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
Genesis
LawAnd he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.
Luke
GospelsWoe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the LORD: and these are their journeys according to their goings out.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valour.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd they presented the burnt offering unto him, with the pieces thereof, and the head: and he burnt them upon the altar.
Leviticus
LawSorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Numbers
LawThe word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThen brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, there were chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty chambers were upon the pavement.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielNow we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,