And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
Leviticus
LawTurn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.
Solomon's Song
PoetryHe disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
Job
WisdomAnd when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it.
2 Kings
HistoryI laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
Psalms
PoetryLet us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonSpeak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.
Exodus
Law / MosesBut the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielSaying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
Genesis
LawAnd I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahThe LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelMoreover I will deliver all the strength of this city, and all the labours thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies, which shall spoil them, and take them, and carry them to Babylon.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.
Mark
Gospels / MarkTherefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
Genesis
LawAnd if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
Exodus
Law / MosesBow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
Proverbs
WisdomSo the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsOf the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.
1 Kings
HistoryThine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
Deuteronomy
LawThou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.