But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up.
Exodus
Law / MosesThe voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD'S, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so?
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielKnowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.
Acts
HistoryTherefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thine hand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came unto them.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahTherefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielWhile I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
John
GospelsAnd the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBehold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsAnd he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd the men of Kirjath-jearim came, and fetched up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelFor the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBut Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
Acts
HistoryBut the angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the LORD.
Judges
History / SamuelSo I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahIn that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying,
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,
Joshua
HistoryAnd when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
Acts
History / LukeBut if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.