Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,
Luke
Gospels / LukeYea, thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shalt lie with them that are slain with the sword.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThe elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
1 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.
Psalms
PoetryFor thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsHe fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.
Psalms
PoetryThat thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahFor all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesYe did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThe hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
Proverbs
WisdomAs it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it:
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielWherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Job
WisdomAnd seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; but the rereward came after the ark of the LORD, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.
Joshua
History / JoshuaFor though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesRejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.
Acts
HistoryAnd thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.