And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
Scripture to anchor the day. Search by book, person, theme, or keyword.
And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand.
Judges
HistoryIt was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.
Exodus
LawBut thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.
Deuteronomy
LawIn the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersYe shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus
LawAnd the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
Exodus
LawEven a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against them.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahEvery purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
Proverbs
WisdomFor when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThe wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
Luke
GospelsAnd the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed on to Timnah:
Joshua
HistoryFear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahOur bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
Psalms
PoetryNot boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men's labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly,
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.
1 Kings
HistoryShall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
Job
WisdomAnd he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,
Acts
History / LukeAnd he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.
Luke
GospelsAnd he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.