And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD hath bidden him.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went to the battle.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAmong all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
Ruth
HistoryAnd the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsNow therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.
Genesis
LawThe king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielThen there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me,
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielNotwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.
1 Kings
HistoryBut the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
Exodus
LawAnd I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.
Nehemiah
HistoryThen this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielTwo wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to their service:
Numbers
LawSo I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBless the LORD, O house of Levi: ye that fear the LORD, bless the LORD.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.
Mark
Gospels / MarkBlessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
Luke
GospelsDost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?