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Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the LORD be of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to.
Judges
HistoryAnd they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a trespass offering.
Leviticus
Law / MosesFor this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
1 John
General EpistlesThe candlestick also for the light, and his furniture, and his lamps, with the oil for the light,
Exodus
LawEgypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
Joel
Minor ProphetsGlory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.
Mark
GospelsFor finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownBe glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
Psalms
PoetryI have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielZelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armourbearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah,
2 Samuel
HistoryHide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBehold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
Genesis
LawFor who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?
Deuteronomy
LawAnd it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the LORD.
2 Kings
HistoryThen took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
1 Kings
HistoryBut Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?
1 Kings
HistoryAnd if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee: