Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
Psalms
PoetryAnd thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraWith her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonHatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahSo Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers
LawHow is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsLet the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
Joel
Minor ProphetsThen David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.
Numbers
LawAnd shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
Luke
GospelsAnd the morrow after they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius waited for them, and had called together his kinsmen and near friends.
Acts
HistoryAnd between the chambers was the wideness of twenty cubits round about the house on every side.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
John
GospelsAnd in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewMoab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me.
Psalms
PoetryI have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:
Mark
Gospels / MarkThen said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?
Acts
HistorySpeak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.