And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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1 Chronicles
HistoryMine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBlessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
Luke
GospelsO give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make an atonement for him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
Mark
GospelsAnd Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong and of good courage: for thus shall the LORD do to all your enemies against whom ye fight.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power.
Luke
Gospels / LukeFor this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove it from before my face,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahGod hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersTake the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt.
Numbers
Law / MosesDivers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAt the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThe earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up:
Numbers
Law / MosesHe shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.
Acts
History / LukeThou shalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesFor Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsNow king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.