And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewOf Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These were the princes of the tribes of Israel.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraI will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersPut on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
Colossians
Pauline Epistles / PaulHim that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThey shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:
Genesis
LawMoreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto the LORD, an holy portion of the land: the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds, and the breadth shall be ten thousand. This shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.
2 Kings
HistoryThe murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
Job
WisdomAnd, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.
Matthew
GospelsThou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBut Solomon built him an house.
Acts
HistoryAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers
Law / MosesA man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBlessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD hath bidden him.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanHearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern;
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahIt is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThere is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.
John
GospelsBut unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden.
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speed.
Ezra
HistoryAnd if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree: