And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
John
Gospels / JohnCanst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
Job
WisdomBut Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing.
Acts
History / LukeAnd grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThey draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.
2 Samuel
HistoryTherefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnOnly the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
Numbers
Law / MosesMy days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
Job
Wisdom / JobTherefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThe elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterWithout natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesBut the wheat and the rie were not smitten: for they were not grown up.
Exodus
Law / MosesFor ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownSaid unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him:
Luke
Gospels / LukeThy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonBut when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThat saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.