(And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsO Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBut those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomOr if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a hot burning, and the quick flesh that burneth have a white bright spot, somewhat reddish, or white;
Leviticus
Law / MosesNow it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
Luke
GospelsAnd be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
Genesis
LawAnd they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsRemove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThat which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonSo shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThen king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahWhen thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.
Joshua
HistoryI know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAlso the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate place toward the east, an hundred cubits.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.
Deuteronomy
LawBetter is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.