He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest.
Matthew
GospelsFor the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
Malachi
Minor Prophets / MalachiThou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesI have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
Acts
HistoryThen went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?
John
Gospels / JohnAnd straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.
Matthew
GospelsNow it came to pass, that when all the people which were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, then they were glad.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahShew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Caesar's.
Luke
GospelsLet your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulNow if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,
Numbers
LawO daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee.
Exodus
Law / MosesDead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomFor when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.
Genesis
Law / MosesShe is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.
Nahum
Minor ProphetsJeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.
Genesis
LawThere was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.