And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways.
Judges
History / SamuelFor the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.
Acts
History / LukeAs a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:
Job
WisdomThe king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one;
Joshua
HistoryAnd the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
Exodus
Law / MosesAs they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil.
Matthew
GospelsWhom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.
Psalms
PoetryHave ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahOf Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.
Numbers
LawThe Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
Matthew
GospelsThese two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd their brethren that did the work of the house were eight hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchiah,
Nehemiah
HistoryThe children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and after the division of the families of the Levites.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThe glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsWhich I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesFor the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
Matthew
GospelsAnd he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?