Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beer-sheba.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
Job
Wisdom / JobBy thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
Acts
HistoryThen the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the people came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his tent.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahI charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonAnd when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.
Mark
GospelsI am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of incense,
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
Hebrews
General EpistlesThe field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
Genesis
Law / MosesBut my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
Psalms
PoetryAnd if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.
Numbers
Law / MosesWoe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
Habakkuk
Minor ProphetsWherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;
Acts
History / LukeAnd an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents.
2 Kings
HistoryReceive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people.
2 Samuel
HistoryThen said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine house: