Because that for his name's sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
Psalms
PoetryFor thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.
Genesis
Law / MosesHow much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBut thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBut we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.
Exodus
Law / MosesI say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
Luke
Gospels / LukeOr who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
Job
WisdomAnd the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahWoe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBut he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
Matthew
GospelsAnd of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.
Joshua
History / JoshuaThen they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.
Psalms
PoetryThey were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.