Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD because of the Midianites,
Judges
HistoryBut Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
Genesis
LawAnd the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.
Luke
GospelsAnd finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.
Acts
HistoryAnd ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.
Leviticus
Law / MosesBeing enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesIf the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.
Joshua
HistoryAnd when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
Genesis
LawAnd whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand.
2 Chronicles
HistoryHe hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD is gracious and full of compassion.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia:
Acts
HistoryBut this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnThe young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsAmaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
1 Chronicles
HistoryFor I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsWhen they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewMy friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
Job
WisdomTestifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
Acts
History / LukeMy words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.
Job
WisdomI am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
Solomon's Song
PoetryHe shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.