And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.
Luke
Gospels / LukeHowbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
Judges
HistoryAnd Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set his heart to this also.
Exodus
Law / MosesTheir horses, seven hundred thirty and six: their mules, two hundred forty and five:
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahSpeak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.
Numbers
Law / MosesYe shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
Exodus
LawThe righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
Proverbs
WisdomThe children of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred and thirty.
Ezra
HistoryGreat is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.
Psalms
PoetryThen they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.
1 Kings
HistoryLet us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.
Job
WisdomAnd with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraIt is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
Proverbs
WisdomWherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
2 Kings
HistoryThe beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
Joel
Minor ProphetsAnd whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
Leviticus
LawShemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahThen when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
John
GospelsThe firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.