Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
Genesis
LawFor when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be enquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielSo he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?
Luke
GospelsIf therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
Genesis
Law / MosesFor perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;
Philemon
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest it.
Luke
Gospels / LukeI am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
Psalms
PoetryBe not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
Proverbs
WisdomBut the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
Esther
HistoryBe ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.
Matthew
GospelsBehold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraSo they went near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp; as Moses had said.
Leviticus
LawAnd Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the LORD hath done to him, as he spake by me: for the LORD hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even to David:
1 Samuel
HistoryCome up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
Exodus
LawAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.
Exodus
LawHe that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.