My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesMy tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.
Psalms
PoetryThen they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
Acts
HistoryIf ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
John
GospelsAnd all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahFor God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.
Job
Wisdom / JobI will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee:
1 Chronicles
HistoryHe that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
1 John
General EpistlesSend to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsOh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
Job
WisdomHe judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThen Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
Genesis
LawThey shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pi-hahiroth, which is before Baal-zephon: and they pitched before Migdol.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.
Genesis
Law / MosesHe saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
Matthew
GospelsBut they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,
Luke
GospelsAnd Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,
John
Gospels / JohnThen answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.