But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:
Deuteronomy
LawAnd the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
Genesis
LawThen said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.
Judges
HistoryThorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company before the LORD, thou, and they, and Aaron, to morrow:
Numbers
LawBeside the chief of Solomon's officers which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahFor the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThe woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:
John
GospelsAnd these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsGrace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.
2 John
General EpistlesAnd they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?
Acts
HistoryTherefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look: and, behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the house;
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?
Genesis
LawAnd when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
Mark
Gospels / MarkSaying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewFor the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
Proverbs
WisdomFor the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
Proverbs
WisdomThis is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judaea into Galilee.