And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
Genesis
LawKeep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you.
Joshua
HistoryTherefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesWhile I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
John
GospelsThou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
Psalms
PoetryWhen the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd he went up from thence to Beer-sheba.
Genesis
Law / MosesBe wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
Psalms
PoetryAnd so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.
Joshua
HistoryAnd his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.
Numbers
LawWho did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
1 Peter
General EpistlesThou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:
Deuteronomy
LawFor I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
Leviticus
LawAnd ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the LORD your God is he that hath fought for you.
Joshua
History / JoshuaHe that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonSo they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.
Matthew
GospelsA fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielIt is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonShake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.