As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself to be another woman.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahFor thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsTherefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielShallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.
1 Chronicles
HistoryI will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row.
Exodus
LawAnd they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraWoe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThe wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
Psalms
PoetryHe said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsNow Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me?
John
GospelsThere is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
Psalms
PoetryThe word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanGo unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahUpon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
Esther
HistoryNow there dwelt an old prophet in Beth-el; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Beth-el: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.
1 Kings
HistoryBut Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewHe delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanDefraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.
Acts
HistoryAnd the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?