And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielMy son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.
Genesis
LawThe LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsThe LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.
Judges
HistoryAnd he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
Luke
Gospels / LukeNeither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
Exodus
LawTherefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Leviticus
LawFor it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
Acts
HistoryAnd if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out in the year of jubile, both he, and his children with him.
Leviticus
Law / MosesKeep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Psalms
PoetryFor the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBehold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahSo there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples.
Judges
HistoryBecause that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd he shall offer his offering unto the LORD, one he lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for peace offerings,
Numbers
Law / MosesNow then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraGavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?