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Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.
Acts
HistoryAnd the fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraIf I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
Job
WisdomAnd that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAlso the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of our God:
Nehemiah
HistoryElse if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:
Joshua
HistoryFor they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
John
GospelsAnd Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked.
2 Kings
HistoryFor the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraIn all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
Proverbs
WisdomHe hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD is gracious and full of compassion.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSon of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it:
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThe entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.
Luke
GospelsThe children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven.
Nehemiah
HistoryLet us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahHepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret?
Judges
HistoryAnd shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.
Numbers
Law / MosesThat your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire.