And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWhy withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelFor I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThe son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher:
1 Kings
HistoryThen Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.
Genesis
Law / MosesFor he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border:
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,
1 Chronicles
HistoryNow three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraMine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.
Luke
Gospels / LukeI have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulYour riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
James
General Epistles / JamesFor Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.
Acts
HistoryBut what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses.
Matthew
GospelsTherefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsWho had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.
Esther
History / MordecaiFinally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesLet them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created.
Psalms
PoetryThus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,