And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonA people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
Genesis
LawBecause my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,
Luke
Gospels / LukeBut I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersNow in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahO the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water.
Exodus
LawAnd on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.
Leviticus
Law / MosesYet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBut I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
Matthew
GospelsThen answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.
Numbers
LawAnd Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThat your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesSurely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahI thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesBut these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.
Mark
Gospels / MarkBehold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons.