And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
Job
WisdomAnd they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ocran.
Numbers
LawAnd Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs,
1 Chronicles
HistoryThe watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonFor all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.
2 Samuel
HistoryThe people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.
John
Gospels / JohnJesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
2 Kings
HistoryThey shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesHe that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAre they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?
Deuteronomy
LawThe cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBlessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraBehold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
Psalms
PoetryThou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonHe sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAfter these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
Esther
HistoryAnd David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.
1 Samuel
HistoryThen all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even unto the greatest, came near,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.