The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
Luke
GospelsTherefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahAnd Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed,
1 Chronicles
HistoryFor in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsI am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBecause they have done that which was evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
Genesis
Law / MosesLet us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBut, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
Jude
General EpistlesWhat will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing:
Daniel
Major ProphetsFor Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon.
Numbers
LawEvery one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;
Luke
Gospels / LukeThou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:)
Numbers
Law / MosesThis is the portion of the anointing of Aaron, and of the anointing of his sons, out of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, in the day when he presented them to minister unto the LORD in the priest's office;
Leviticus
Law / MosesThe one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb shalt thou offer at even;
Numbers
Law / MosesFine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBut he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
Daniel
Major ProphetsFor God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.