Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsSaul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David: wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech's:
Ruth
HistoryThe vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe.
Joshua
HistoryOf the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraBehold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
Matthew
GospelsHow he sware unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob;
Psalms
PoetryWhat hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd ten young men that bare Joab's armour compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.
2 Samuel
HistoryThey mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel: eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the other side Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.
Judges
HistoryFor the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets / HabakkukAnd they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran: and they took men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh king of Egypt; which gave him an house, and appointed him victuals, and gave him land.
1 Kings
HistoryNone calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsHaving the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine.
Numbers
LawAnd they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.
Judges
History / SamuelYour country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way.
Numbers
LawArab, and Dumah, and Eshean,