And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing.
Luke
GospelsHear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
Micah
Minor ProphetsAnd to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
Luke
GospelsAnd David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanTherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately.
Luke
Gospels / LukeHe built even Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
Exodus
Law / MosesNow the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carry away.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThese sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahFor though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesArt thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?
John
GospelsHezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahEither a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.
Leviticus
Law / MosesThese are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD.
Numbers
LawBecause they have done that which was evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day.
2 Kings
HistoryWhither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!
Genesis
Law / MosesBut, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,
John
GospelsAnd ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.