For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
2 Samuel
HistoryBut if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.
Exodus
Law / MosesFor I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIf the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
Exodus
LawAnd Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
Genesis
LawAnd therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever.
1 Samuel
HistoryNow at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired.
Mark
GospelsWho hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
Proverbs
WisdomThen Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelSo Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.
Matthew
GospelsBut the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
Acts
HistoryNow, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraFor when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesAnd at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife's name was Maachah:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraSo Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
Exodus
LawFor our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAgain, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
Matthew
GospelsThus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraIf ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the LORD your God:
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God.