And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Have 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
History / SamuelAnd the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThen from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.
John
GospelsPass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBut thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesAnd after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel.
Judges
History / SamuelThen Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.
2 Kings
HistoryIn the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.
Luke
GospelsThe words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThe children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.
John
GospelsThe LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersCan a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
Proverbs
WisdomAnd their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
Exodus
Law / MosesMoreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the LORD commanded me.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesYet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute; but did not utterly drive them out.
Joshua
HistoryAnd there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahFor promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
Psalms
PoetryAnd it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
Deuteronomy
LawBut Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.
Acts
HistoryFor her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;