And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD'S anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go.
1 Samuel
HistoryBut the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsI will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThey shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahDid not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahSo Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.
2 Chronicles
HistoryWhereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
2 Peter
General EpistlesAnd we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.
Genesis
Law / MosesHe and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThey have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not;
Psalms
PoetryAnd Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez,
Joshua
History / JoshuaHearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahOn that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king.
Esther
HistoryIf thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself.
Philemon
Pauline EpistlesSanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.
Exodus
Law / MosesTherefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
Joel
Minor ProphetsAnd when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
Exodus
LawAnd I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.
Ruth
HistoryAnd with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, that were called; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew not any thing.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanTherefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThe sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThis is the inheritance of the children of Gad after their families, the cities, and their villages.
Joshua
History / JoshuaThe LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?