And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond Jordan.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
1 Samuel
HistoryArt not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThe clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.
Daniel
Major ProphetsBecause they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersCursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy
LawReceive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulMy praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.
Genesis
Law / MosesFor the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:
Genesis
Law / MosesWe are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;
2 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesFor indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward, of his own accord he went unto you.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.
Luke
GospelsAnd Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.
Genesis
LawI have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahWoe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.
Acts
HistoryThe eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.