I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
Genesis
LawAnd that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away.
Ezra
History / EzraAs he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsHe that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraEven when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
Job
WisdomQuenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownAnd Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis
LawBut Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out.
Acts
HistoryThen Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
Job
WisdomYe shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesPrinces also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThey that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.
1 Samuel
HistoryAlso thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder; for it is a ram of consecration:
Exodus
LawIf thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
Proverbs
WisdomThen one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,
Matthew
GospelsThe voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty.
Psalms
PoetryOne generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAdonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.