But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side.
Psalms
PoetryAnd thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahEven all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?
Deuteronomy
LawAnd David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD'S anointed, and be guiltless?
1 Samuel
History / SamuelPhilip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
John
GospelsThou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBut the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?
Mark
GospelsFor before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsNow if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielIn that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the LORD.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD'S anointed.
2 Samuel
HistoryBut there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away,
Leviticus
Law / MosesIs it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?
Job
Wisdom / JobI will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
Job
WisdomThe king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.
Psalms
PoetryThou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownFor he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean.
John
GospelsSet me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
Solomon's Song
PoetryAnd he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.