For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.
Mark
Gospels / MarkThat ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
2 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulEven of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye pull off the robe with the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahThe way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.
Proverbs
WisdomBehold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.
James
General Epistles / JamesO LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
Psalms
PoetryAfter that he brought me toward the south, and behold a gate toward the south: and he measured the posts thereof and the arches thereof according to these measures.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielOn the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the children of Dan, offered:
Numbers
Law / MosesNow therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned.
Numbers
LawAnd they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?
Mark
Gospels / MarkThe Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never been born.
Mark
GospelsThe voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.
Psalms
PoetryAnd fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.
Acts
HistoryFor then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownBut thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThat thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.
2 Chronicles
HistoryNow when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.
Luke
GospelsFor all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThe nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.
Leviticus
LawWhere are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahIt came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;
2 Chronicles
History / EzraSo Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.