And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
Job
Wisdom / JobAs the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
2 Kings
HistoryIf thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes?
Obadiah
Minor ProphetsBeware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts;
Luke
GospelsSee, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsSearching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterAnd Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanBeloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnSo shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.
Exodus
LawNow when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)
Esther
History / MordecaiFor consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
Hebrews
General EpistlesAlso he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraHow fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonAnd they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHow can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.
John
GospelsBut Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
Deuteronomy
LawBehold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD.