But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.
Judges
History / SamuelFrom Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon;
Joshua
History / JoshuaNow it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelHear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.
Jonah
Minor ProphetsAnd her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelIn the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,
Haggai
Minor ProphetsPhilip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewPoverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:
Mark
Gospels / MarkOf Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
Numbers
LawAnd as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed.
Mark
GospelsAnd thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats:
Exodus
Law / MosesYea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahWherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesBurning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
Exodus
LawTherefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: because the riches that he hath gotten are perished.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsDoubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
Genesis
LawAnd he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
Mark
GospelsAnd it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.
Luke
Gospels / LukeNow when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.