And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahMy soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSalute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord. Salute the beloved Persis, which laboured much in the Lord.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesWhen the sin, which they have sinned against it, is known, then the congregation shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and bring him before the tabernacle of the congregation.
Leviticus
Law / MosesKirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages:
Joshua
HistoryA fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelAnd we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesNow therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanSpeak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
2 Chronicles
History / EzraWhosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:
Luke
GospelsBehold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThen he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd he slew all the priests of the high places that were there upon the altars, and burned men's bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem.
2 Kings
HistoryBut when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBut chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
Psalms
PoetryBut when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBehold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonThese things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
John
GospelsFor as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been.
Obadiah
Minor Prophets / ObadiahThe LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men and Asahel.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanWilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?
Psalms
PoetrySo he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.