And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
Psalms
PoetryBecause thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
Mark
GospelsFor every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this;
Ezra
HistoryAnd what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy servant.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.
Deuteronomy
LawCanst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
Job
Wisdom / JobWhereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;
Colossians
Pauline EpistlesAnd when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.
1 Chronicles
HistoryIn the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAt thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThey shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets / HabakkukAnd the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah.
Numbers
Law / MosesWho layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
Psalms
PoetryAnd that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming.
Mark
GospelsNo man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God.
Leviticus
Law / MosesBut I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraWe are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD'S house.