And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that ye should do that which is honest, though we be as reprobates.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsThus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThere is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
James
General EpistlesOn the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, prince of the children of Asher, offered:
Numbers
LawLet our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.
1 Samuel
HistorySo that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims.
Exodus
Law / MosesBut he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
Job
Wisdom / JobSo it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
Esther
History / MordecaiJesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThe men of Netophah, fifty and six.
Ezra
History / EzraIn the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.
Exodus
Law / MosesAs soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto him.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
Luke
GospelsAnd the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
1 Samuel
HistoryWhen Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
John
Gospels / JohnLike sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
Ezra
HistoryBut if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.