And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.
Judges
HistoryThe trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.
Judges
HistoryAnd it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
Luke
GospelsJudge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
Psalms
PoetryBut I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
Luke
Gospels / LukeA time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahOne golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
Numbers
LawThat which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.
Job
WisdomFor your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsHe that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonSimon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards.
John
GospelsNow therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd the pavement by the side of the gates over against the length of the gates was the lower pavement.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBoth to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges by their courses;
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
Revelation
ApocalypticSo there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahSo shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelHold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
Psalms
PoetryO LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered after him.
Judges
HistoryAnd the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.