Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
Nehemiah
HistoryHe will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
Proverbs
WisdomI have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.
Psalms
PoetryAnd it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.
Haggai
Minor ProphetsAnd in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great reasoning among themselves.
Acts
HistoryBe it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations.
Ezra
History / EzraThe clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall not leave any of it until the morning.
Leviticus
Law / MosesIn burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
Hebrews
General EpistlesYe shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBut in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
Daniel
Major ProphetsBut the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
Acts
HistoryAnd whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsI am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.
Mark
GospelsThen went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.