And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
John
Gospels / JohnThat in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
Esther
History / MordecaiEvery sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.
1 Samuel
HistoryThe works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThis is the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAll these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd he spake this parable unto them, saying,
Luke
Gospels / LukeThey that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.
Job
Wisdom / JobOur necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsSaul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.
1 Samuel
HistoryOne young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
Numbers
LawConcerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd he departed thence, and entered into a certain man's house, named Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue.
Acts
History / LukeAnd, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus' feet, and besought him that he would come into his house:
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things?
Matthew
GospelsFor the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsI have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass.