And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonNevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelEvil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.
Proverbs
WisdomThe children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.
Ezra
HistoryRemember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers' skins, and the vail of the covering,
Exodus
Law / MosesThen David put garrisons in Syria-damascus; and the Syrians became David's servants, and brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
1 Chronicles
HistoryI will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
Psalms
PoetryAnd that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.
Luke
GospelsHis mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And he fell down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said, Blessed be the LORD thy God, which hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders,
Mark
GospelsThen I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.
Nehemiah
HistoryMy face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant.
2 Samuel
HistoryBut when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
Esther
HistoryAll the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king's winepresses.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?
Luke
GospelsOne man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAfter these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.
Acts
History / LukeFor rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThe wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.