And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.
Exodus
LawMany a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
Psalms
PoetryThen the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again through the people from Beer-sheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the LORD God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraTherefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.
Joshua
HistoryFor Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.
John
Gospels / JohnBut the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
Matthew
GospelsThey spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.
Genesis
LawBut if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD'S flock is carried away captive.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThe Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
2 Peter
General Epistles / PeterFor I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
Matthew
GospelsAnd if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
Mark
Gospels / MarkThen Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahElse, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.