But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd there came a man from Baal-shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Eben-ezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahYe shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
Exodus
Law / MosesThus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest's office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAre all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles?
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulJosiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been recommended to the grace of God for the work which they fulfilled.
Acts
History / LukeMoreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions:
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,)
Joshua
History / JoshuaFor the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd the way of peace have they not known:
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulIt stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
Exodus
LawAnd Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThe children of Bani, six hundred forty and two.
Ezra
HistoryFor he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,