So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
Proverbs
WisdomThat there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAs righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men which came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanHow do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
Joel
Minor ProphetsWho are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, even before the vail.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAlso some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and tribute silver; and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he goats.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThen Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
Ruth
History / SamuelOf Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.
Numbers
LawFor by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
Proverbs
WisdomThese were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.
Numbers
LawAll the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the LORD made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be holy.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.
Exodus
LawTheir line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes.
Mark
Gospels / MarkThere is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
James
General Epistles / JamesHearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThe living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.
Acts
HistoryAnd the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
2 Kings
HistoryAnd Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD'S people; between the king also and the people.