And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.
Genesis
LawWhy dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.
Habakkuk
Minor ProphetsAnd if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.
Leviticus
LawThough he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:
Job
WisdomAs touching our brother Apollos, I greatly desired him to come unto you with the brethren: but his will was not at all to come at this time; but he will come when he shall have convenient time.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesYet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsPray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWe certify the king that, if this city be builded again, and the walls thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this side the river.
Ezra
HistoryAsshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThat drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
Amos
Minor ProphetsAnd there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan;
Joshua
History / JoshuaThe Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.
2 Samuel
HistoryIn Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel.
Psalms
PoetryAnd ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelWhen saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
Matthew
GospelsHe that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownHowbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahGod, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief captains, and principal men of the city, at Festus' commandment Paul was brought forth.
Acts
History / LukeAnd a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD.