Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAfter that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy:
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAll the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.
Esther
History / MordecaiHe maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.
Psalms
PoetryAnd there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
1 Chronicles
HistoryThen cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, these that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
Malachi
Minor ProphetsAnd she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.
Genesis
LawAnd it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAs for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsForty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the priest shall put of the oil that is in his hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the place of the blood of the trespass offering:
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north.
Joshua
HistoryAnd thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward.
Exodus
LawAnd thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThere is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
James
General EpistlesAnd now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,
Numbers
LawI am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.
Luke
GospelsO give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.