It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.
Zephaniah
Minor Prophets / ZephaniahYea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:
Numbers
Law / MosesKedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs:
1 Chronicles
HistoryMoreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the brasen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offerings, and the meat offerings, and the fat.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!
Genesis
LawAnd now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;
Genesis
LawWoe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.
2 Kings
HistoryHath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers
Law / MosesThey joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHave the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
Job
Wisdom / JobBut he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
Luke
GospelsNot that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesTherefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosThey were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,
Psalms
PoetryYet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.