Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king?
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd the LORD shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThe glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
Proverbs
WisdomIn the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering.
Leviticus
LawThus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.
Micah
Minor ProphetsFor I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
John
GospelsWhom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
Acts
History / LukeThat they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
Titus
Pauline EpistlesAnd he shall take off from it all the fat of the bullock for the sin offering; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,
Leviticus
LawThe king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the LORD.
Joshua
HistoryAnd David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at En-gedi.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThen said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?
John
Gospels / JohnIn the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?
Psalms
PoetryAnd the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
Joshua
HistoryYet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHe that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
John
GospelsAnd at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the LORD. For Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the LORD.