And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Then said the high priest, Are these things so?
Acts
HistoryAlthough my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAs for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
Job
WisdomYea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
Job
Wisdom / JobTherefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesSay thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; This burden concerneth the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel that are among them.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsNow when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much.
Acts
HistoryJudas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
John
Gospels / JohnAnd David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and that it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us:
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBehold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelFor all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and Nathan(Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;)
Deuteronomy
LawAnd the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.
Leviticus
Law / MosesHath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
Psalms
PoetryWhoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonYet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.
Luke
Gospels / LukeGo, enquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThe LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.
Psalms
PoetryI thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;