And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?
Genesis
Law / MosesThen said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.
Judges
HistoryIn my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIs there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
Job
WisdomThen said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.
1 Samuel
HistoryThe words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonSo the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house.
John
Gospels / JohnThe ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings.
1 Kings
HistoryBut Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still.
Numbers
Law / MosesWhen the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
2 Samuel
HistoryWhen I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age.
Joshua
HistoryAnd the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAll the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.
Exodus
Law / MosesFinally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
Philippians
Pauline Epistles / PaulPaul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulSo I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThe LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsThe blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonHoshea, Hananiah, Hashub,