And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men.
Luke
Gospels / LukeImmediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.
Acts
History / LukeThen said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.
John
Gospels / JohnOr if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek?
Acts
HistoryDeliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.
Psalms
PoetryHis disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.
Matthew
GospelsKeep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
1 Peter
General EpistlesAnd to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof.
Numbers
LawAnd if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil.
Leviticus
LawYe shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.
Numbers
LawAll therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
Ruth
HistoryAnd he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.
Psalms
PoetryYet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
Job
WisdomThe words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAfter this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying,
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
Genesis
LawThat they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.
Micah
Minor ProphetsFor David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever: