I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonIf she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.
Solomon's Song
PoetryThe children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.
Ezra
HistoryO LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraNow therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAll the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephoth-maim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.
Joshua
HistoryAnd whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
Leviticus
LawAnd the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThen there arose a reasoning among them, which of them should be greatest.
Luke
GospelsAnd God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
Genesis
LawIn the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahLay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure.
1 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.
Luke
Gospels / LukeRemember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:
Genesis
LawAnd out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
Genesis
LawLet favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.