But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
Matthew
GospelsAnd Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering before the LORD: for of the ram of consecration it was Moses' part; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day.
Judges
HistoryAfterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.
Nehemiah
HistoryNow the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
1 Kings
HistoryThe gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.
Nahum
Minor ProphetsAnd I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAs righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
Proverbs
WisdomOn the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
Esther
HistoryHe slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.
2 Kings
HistoryNevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersDeliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.
Luke
Gospels / LukeI will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD.
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsAnd when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
Genesis
LawAnd it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah.
Judges
History / SamuelThe LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
Deuteronomy
LawKnow now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.
Job
Wisdom / JobHe teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIt is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.