And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD.
Leviticus
LawAnd Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it be.
Leviticus
LawBut in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
Genesis
LawHath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
Job
WisdomFor thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
Acts
HistoryBlessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.
Joshua
HistoryJudah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.
Malachi
Minor Prophets / MalachiOr he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulBe not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelThat no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesAnd thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelFor this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him:
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel,
1 Chronicles
HistoryThen there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
Genesis
Law / MosesFor that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomHe in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThis is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThey that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
Proverbs
WisdomWho hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him?