Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBut when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
Matthew
GospelsSeest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.
Acts
History / LukeAnd he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken:
Joshua
History / JoshuaMy people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee.
1 Samuel
HistoryFor there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomLo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
Psalms
PoetryAnd said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:
Nehemiah
HistorySo when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.
2 Samuel
HistoryJudges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king's provinces:
Esther
History / MordecaiAmong the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.
John
GospelsAnd the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.
Esther
History / MordecaiFor vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
Job
Wisdom / JobNoah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraYe are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThen he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:
Matthew
GospelsNow therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel: