He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?
Mark
Gospels / MarkThey shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThey answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee.
John
GospelsSaying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
Matthew
GospelsAnd I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour.
2 Samuel
HistoryMoreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
Genesis
LawBut if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he hath been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of the priest again:
Leviticus
Law / MosesMy son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnThe LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee,
Leviticus
Law / MosesA good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThe Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
Romans
Pauline EpistlesIt is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and also with men.
1 Samuel
HistoryGive us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
Psalms
PoetryThe cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chesnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelWhat is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?
Solomon's Song
PoetryAnd he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraSo Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valour.