Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsNeither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraWhen he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise.
Luke
Gospels / LukeBow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
Exodus
LawAnd through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielHis soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial before the LORD continually.
Exodus
Law / MosesBut he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahUp, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.
Joshua
HistoryBut the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.
Esther
HistoryThere went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
Genesis
LawHe that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonWho smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast.
Psalms
PoetryBut the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
2 Samuel
HistoryBe not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
Proverbs
WisdomAnd ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.
Numbers
Law / MosesPeter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
1 Peter
General EpistlesAs when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesHis soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThat all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.