He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:
Genesis
LawThou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the LORD shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the children's of Israel.
Exodus
Law / MosesTake him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king's sons come: as thy servant said, so it is.
2 Samuel
HistoryFor the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsNow the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
2 Kings
History / JeremiahWhen he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBeloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
3 John
General EpistlesLet destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
Psalms
PoetryDeclare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThe king of Shimron-meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;
Joshua
HistorySo I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)
Hebrews
General EpistlesGod shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
Psalms
PoetryI know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersNow the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
1 Kings
HistoryThat our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBehold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahPraise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.