(For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.
Deuteronomy
LawMake a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:
Psalms
PoetryI am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
Psalms
PoetryFor the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonTo crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
Lamentations
Major ProphetsWhen thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
Genesis
LawThe breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahBehold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
Job
WisdomThe LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?
Psalms
PoetryAnd she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: none shall tread with shouting; their shouting shall be no shouting.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done.
Judges
HistoryAnd Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.
Genesis
Law / MosesThe kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.
Acts
HistoryTherefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only.
Exodus
LawAnd moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahGeber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer which was in the land.
1 Kings
HistoryThen Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the LORD, all that any man giveth of such unto the LORD shall be holy.
Leviticus
Law / MosesFor in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.