These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually.
Exodus
Law / MosesDeliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
Acts
History / LukeAnd Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.
1 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulI will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahDavid said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.
1 Samuel
HistoryForget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.
Psalms
PoetryFor he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.
Mark
GospelsAnd Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraFor in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
Acts
History / LukeSpeak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath a running issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean.
Leviticus
Law / MosesA wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
Proverbs
WisdomI have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.
Job
WisdomOh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
Psalms
PoetryThou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.
Psalms
PoetryAnd it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
Genesis
LawYe are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.