And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.
Deuteronomy
LawEven an heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersMoreover the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Exodus
LawIn the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession.
Leviticus
Law / MosesBe merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersI am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd if he bring a lamb for a sin offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelI made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonFor thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Job
Wisdom / JobThe disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.
Luke
GospelsAnd he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
Colossians
Pauline Epistles / PaulFrom thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the north.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAll that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.
Psalms
PoetryThe entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
Psalms
PoetryTherefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.
Exodus
LawThe people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record.
John
Gospels / JohnA stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.