For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThese things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
1 John
General EpistlesAnd the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabesh-gilead were they that buried Saul.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanNow the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
1 Kings
HistoryMy heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThen Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahTherefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThen said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?
John
GospelsBy these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
Genesis
Law / MosesYet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersI opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
Solomon's Song
PoetryAnd the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD:
Leviticus
Law / MosesFor the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the LORD.
Leviticus
LawTo see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
Psalms
PoetryAnd I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another.
Nehemiah
HistoryFor her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs,
1 Chronicles
HistoryGo to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
Proverbs
WisdomAnd he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old.
Luke
Gospels / LukeI have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.