So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship;
Exodus
LawThe morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the mountains.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did as the LORD commanded Moses.
Leviticus
LawOtherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:
Luke
Gospels / LukeWherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanCry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBecause ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as at this day.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsHe sent Hadoram his son to king David, to enquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had war with Tou;) and with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
Genesis
LawAnd he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
Numbers
LawFor he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.
Mark
GospelsDefend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersShall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahI will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me.
Psalms
PoetryAnd of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsWherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulSo will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielNow these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.
Genesis
LawMany a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersNow when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.