And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThe LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBe merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersA man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.
Proverbs
WisdomDeliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.
Psalms
PoetrySix days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.
Exodus
LawAnd when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
Genesis
LawAfter that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him:
Leviticus
LawBut since ye say, The burden of the LORD; therefore thus saith the LORD; Because ye say this word, The burden of the LORD, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the LORD;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsTherefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThen Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him.
Mark
GospelsAnd Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
1 Kings
History / JeremiahLet another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
Proverbs
WisdomWhatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you.
Leviticus
LawYe shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.
Exodus
LawKnowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
Job
WisdomAnd Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he told him not.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahYea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
Job
WisdomRid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:
Psalms
PoetryAnd I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd her daughters which are in the field shall be slain by the sword; and they shall know that I am the LORD.