No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth-el.
Genesis
LawAnd he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches of the court;
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the priest that maketh him clean shall present the man that is to be made clean, and those things, before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:
Leviticus
Law / MosesWho seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms.
Acts
HistoryThe children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.
Nehemiah
HistoryFor in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard them.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd next to him was Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThe children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Ami.
Ezra
HistoryBut that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
Luke
GospelsSo David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice among all his people.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
Numbers
LawAnd the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThey kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, as the duty of every day required;
Ezra
History / EzraThey shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThen let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession.
Leviticus
Law / MosesFor thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBy me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd he said, What is the thing that the LORD hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd at the side without, as one goeth up to the entry of the north gate, were two tables; and on the other side, which was at the porch of the gate, were two tables.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.