And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
Scripture to anchor the day. Search by book, person, theme, or keyword.
Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesSend thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
Psalms
PoetrySo all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah cast about and returned, and went unto Johanan the son of Kareah.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.
Numbers
LawNeither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.
Leviticus
LawAnd Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land into my place.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab.
Numbers
Law / MosesOn the same day it shall be eaten up; ye shall leave none of it until the morrow: I am the LORD.
Leviticus
LawThen Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations.
Exodus
LawAnd Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an hungred, and they which were with him;
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesThey looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersNeither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured their whoredom upon her.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielWhen thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBut he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThen said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:
Numbers
LawTherefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
Psalms
PoetryThe wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
Proverbs
WisdomHe casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?