All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahWhat, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesMy son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThey shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.
Leviticus
Law / MosesNo foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAccuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBut I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.
Genesis
Law / MosesThen Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself:
Acts
History / LukeTake you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThe great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.
Zephaniah
Minor Prophets / ZephaniahAnd whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
Matthew
GospelsPaul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesWhere no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBut camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of the which the LORD did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.
Acts
History / LukeMoses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel.
Deuteronomy
LawYea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
James
General EpistlesBy this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahIf a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.
Micah
Minor ProphetsTherefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.