And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.
Deuteronomy
LawThen said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said unto them, Ye say that I am.
Luke
Gospels / LukeFor circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulGo thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBeing enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahSimon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:
2 Peter
General EpistlesBut hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:
1 Kings
HistoryNow then do it: for the LORD hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelIt is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
Luke
Gospels / LukeMy beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
Solomon's Song
PoetryAwake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
Genesis
Law / MosesThe wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
Exodus
LawAnd about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThe fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalms
PoetryFor this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.