And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.
Acts
History / LukeThen began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:
Matthew
GospelsAnd he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.
Genesis
LawSpeak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.
Numbers
LawThey have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm.
Luke
GospelsAnd say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets, and the rereward came after the ark, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?
Joshua
HistorySo David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him.
1 Samuel
HistoryThat is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAs the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
John
GospelsAnd for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraGive me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great?
2 Chronicles
HistoryFor they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
Proverbs
WisdomAll my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
Psalms
PoetryI have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonThen shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonTheir sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.
Psalms
PoetryWhoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.