And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
Job
WisdomAnd God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
Genesis
LawSend me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,
2 Chronicles
History / EzraFor the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.
Mark
GospelsAnd of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;
Nehemiah
HistoryHe that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
Luke
GospelsBut it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.
Judges
History / SamuelIn the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.
Daniel
Major ProphetsBut the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, saith the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBut ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?
Job
WisdomIf therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
Ecclesiastes
WisdomSo he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and unto all the elders of Israel.
Deuteronomy
LawThe prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelMy mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
Psalms
PoetryAnd it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.
Genesis
LawFor with God nothing shall be impossible.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThen the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.
Jonah
Minor ProphetsAnd the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?