And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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If ye love me, keep my commandments.
John
GospelsAnd all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
Numbers
LawYet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.
Nahum
Minor ProphetsAs free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterAnd when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.
Acts
HistoryAre not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
Job
Wisdom / JobGod reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAll this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewFor thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;
1 Kings
HistoryAnd he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin offering first, and wring off his head from his neck, but shall not divide it asunder:
Leviticus
LawThese also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.
1 Chronicles
HistoryYe made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
2 Samuel
HistoryBehold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes.
Solomon's Song
PoetryThe one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraBut the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled:
Numbers
Law / MosesThe remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsMine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHe smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
2 Kings
HistoryThen will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.