And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:
Genesis
LawAnd she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.
Joshua
HistoryAnd Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
Revelation
ApocalypticThere is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThen saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-serah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.
Joshua
HistoryEven when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesHe turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.
Psalms
PoetryAnd they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming.
Mark
GospelsAnd Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
Genesis
Law / MosesSaying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.
Acts
HistoryAnd Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to.
Judges
History / SamuelI have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.
John
GospelsNeither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
Matthew
GospelsBy faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
Leviticus
LawAnd in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, that he made with the children of Israel.
2 Chronicles
HistoryBut God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
Jonah
Minor Prophets / JonahAnd it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,