And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the LORD thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesOr have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
Job
Wisdom / JobThen he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:
1 Kings
HistoryFor the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonHe raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
Psalms
PoetryNow the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulI will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThen ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsI hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBe ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
Luke
Gospels / LukeWhereof 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 the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd the LORD said unto Moses, They shall offer their offering, each prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar.
Numbers
Law / MosesBetter it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Proverbs
WisdomIf I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAlso the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering unto the LORD.
Ezra
History / EzraThe rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.