And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThe conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
Proverbs
WisdomWhom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThe discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?
Genesis
LawAnd the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?
1 Kings
HistorySpeak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you,
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son.
1 Chronicles
HistoryIf a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.
Exodus
LawAnd Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,
Acts
HistoryAnd between the chambers was the wideness of twenty cubits round about the house on every side.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice,
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
Acts
HistoryA noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThen Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;
Genesis
Law / MosesThen Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAbove when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahAnd with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one was an head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire.