Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanBehold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThey sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaTheir priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBehold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Psalms
PoetryThus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThe way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFrom thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAlso can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
Job
WisdomAnd she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.
Joshua
History / JoshuaCast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
Psalms
PoetryYet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
Psalms
PoetryTherefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.
Mark
GospelsThen said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all them that hate thee.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.
Matthew
GospelsThou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThese things ye shall do unto the LORD in your set feasts, beside your vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for your meat offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings.
Numbers
LawAnd Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanI am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.