One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end,
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThat they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.
Ezra
HistoryBut made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesSo they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahFor our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned their backs.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahHe said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.
Acts
History / LukeDrink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonNow the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;
Numbers
LawForbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and I will commune with my father of thee; and what I see, that I will tell thee.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahBe pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.
Psalms
PoetryShall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them?
Numbers
Law / MosesFear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThe children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahThou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanLORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.
Jonah
Minor ProphetsI will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsNow as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter.
Acts
HistoryI counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.