And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomIt cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
Job
WisdomThere is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
Genesis
LawFor thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.
Genesis
LawAnd they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power.
Luke
GospelsBut take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Joshua
HistoryTherefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.
Exodus
LawFor the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulGod be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.
Psalms
PoetryBehold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Beth-el, southward; and the border descended to Ataroth-adar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Beth-horon.
Joshua
HistoryWoe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewTherefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, singing with loud instruments unto the LORD.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThen gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.
John
Gospels / JohnSome of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.
Matthew
GospelsThou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesSo David's young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.
Psalms
PoetryThen I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.