And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
Psalms
PoetryAnd upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the staves thereof:
Numbers
LawAnd they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.
Genesis
Law / MosesBut he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
Job
Wisdom / JobTherefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAs the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts; so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBut straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.
Matthew
GospelsAnd he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahWhose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIf thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three:
Deuteronomy
LawWho against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesFor I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesWith her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil.
Leviticus
LawBut Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews?
Mark
Gospels / MarkJehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.
2 Chronicles
HistoryWe have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.