But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: therefore he lodged there again.
Judges
History / SamuelThe earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
Psalms
PoetryAnd because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)
Acts
HistoryFor if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
James
General Epistles / JamesAnd he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, with the basket of unleavened bread: the priest shall offer also his meat offering, and his drink offering.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
Genesis
LawFor the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAlso Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahBoth the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
Daniel
Major ProphetsThere is a league between me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThe fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.
John
GospelsSo then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBecause all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I am the LORD.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsWhy did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
Job
Wisdom / JobCast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.