This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.
Matthew
GospelsAnd Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.
Genesis
LawAnd Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.
Joshua
HistoryI Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my palace:
Daniel
Major ProphetsAfter that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.
John
Gospels / JohnThere is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
Luke
Gospels / LukeNeither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
Deuteronomy
LawThus saith the Lord GOD; I will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielWherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsI have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersGive ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he enquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAre the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
Luke
Gospels / LukeWould ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me.
Ruth
HistoryYea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsWe remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you?
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesGo and say unto David, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.
2 Samuel
HistoryNow these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for their's was the lot.