And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
Psalms
PoetryNow the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielI shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersYet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
John
GospelsNo man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge.
Deuteronomy
LawBut go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBelshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.
Daniel
Major ProphetsFor Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:)
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelSo Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.
1 Samuel
HistoryThis we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.
Joshua
HistoryAnd Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.
1 Kings
HistoryFor kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
1 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulThat the LORD spake unto me, saying,
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing unto the priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, before the LORD.
Leviticus
LawAnd say, Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
1 Kings
HistoryHave they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?
Judges
HistoryAnd ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.