And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do.
Ruth
History / SamuelI sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
John
GospelsRejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father's house twenty and two captains.
1 Chronicles
HistoryHast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelPrinces are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahBehold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAlso for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and for all the vessels of service in the house of the LORD.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate;
Exodus
LawWhen Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid;
John
Gospels / JohnThen he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other.
1 Kings
HistorySay not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThe sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.
Numbers
LawAnd Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.
Genesis
Law / MosesThere is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAgainst him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThen Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.
Genesis
LawYet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.