And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahJesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.
John
Gospels / JohnLet the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
Joel
Minor ProphetsAlso I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:
2 Kings
HistoryWithout me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against the king's son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
Exodus
Law / MosesMy knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
Psalms
PoetryThe desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonYet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.
2 Kings
HistoryNeither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.
Numbers
LawGive, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
Luke
GospelsAnd brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: over which Cononiah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the next.
2 Chronicles
HistoryBut Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.
Jonah
Minor Prophets / JonahBut rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, then fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.
2 Samuel
HistorySilver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings came to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king's sons, and there is not one of them left.