And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that he would not destroy him altogether: and also in Judah things went well.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThere shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThough he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:
Job
Wisdom / JobWho found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
Acts
HistoryWhoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
Proverbs
WisdomLet as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed.
1 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraA time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly:
Luke
Gospels / LukeIsrael is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahTake ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
1 Kings
HistoryIt is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd they removed from Dibon-gad, and encamped in Almon-diblathaim.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.
Genesis
Law / MosesHear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,
Amos
Minor ProphetsThen wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the LORD had commanded.
Exodus
LawBehold, therefore I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielI will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.