The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winepress.
Numbers
LawBut I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD'S people; between the king also and the people.
2 Kings
HistoryIs not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?
Job
Wisdom / JobAcquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
Job
Wisdom / JobI will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.
Psalms
PoetryThou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying,
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
Judges
HistoryAnd after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him:
Acts
HistoryI am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
Solomon's Song
PoetryTheir heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahThat the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, I am the LORD: speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto thee.
Exodus
LawBuild you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.
Numbers
LawAnd they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
Psalms
PoetryThe gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.
Job
WisdomAnd, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.
Exodus
LawAnd I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahKnow ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
Revelation
ApocalypticWoe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,