It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns passed on before the LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a plague of leprosy, and shall be shewed unto the priest:
Leviticus
Law / MosesI am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in the fryingpan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil.
Leviticus
LawViolence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahWilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?
Job
WisdomAnd when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.
Leviticus
LawThe letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me.
Ezra
HistoryOne young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
Numbers
LawFor vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
Job
Wisdom / JobThou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?
2 Kings
History / JeremiahTherefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
Psalms
PoetryBut ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
Psalms
PoetryBefore the length of an hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThen answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
Job
WisdomIf thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
Job
WisdomAnd it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
1 Chronicles
HistoryYe shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
Deuteronomy
LawThe LORD thy God, he will go over before thee, and he will destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt possess them: and Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as the LORD hath said.