Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.
Leviticus
LawFear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahIn the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.
1 Kings
HistoryBackbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThen took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like words.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the LORD said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be.
Daniel
Major ProphetsHe measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsNow David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelI have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
1 Kings
HistoryWhich long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
Job
Wisdom / JobBehold, I will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahI rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.
2 John
General EpistlesBy thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us.
Acts
HistoryThe stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.
Psalms
PoetryAnd there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielThe sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Psalms
PoetryHearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them.