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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And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.
Daniel
Major ProphetsKnowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
Job
WisdomAnd the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
2 Kings
HistoryAnd when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Mark
GospelsThen shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity.
Numbers
Law / MosesFor there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.
Job
WisdomWhen Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth,
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, before it.
Exodus
LawAnd Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?
Exodus
LawSo Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThis thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD'S anointed. And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster.
1 Samuel
HistoryFor thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahSo I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
Psalms
PoetryTherefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
Job
Wisdom / JobFlee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
2 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulDo not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.
Leviticus
LawPraise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises unto his name; for it is pleasant.
Psalms
PoetryAnd they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThen Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
Leviticus
Law / MosesHere is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.