And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
Acts
HistoryPraise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
2 Kings
HistoryTo deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
Proverbs
WisdomAsshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man that thing;
Luke
GospelsThen said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?
Ruth
HistoryTherefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaister them with plaister.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesFor he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.
Job
Wisdom / JobWho shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved.
Acts
History / LukeIn a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baken, thou shalt bring it in: and the baken pieces of the meat offering shalt thou offer for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
Leviticus
LawBehold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.
Joshua
HistoryAnd four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according unto their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
Numbers
Law / MosesIn the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal Saul's daughter loved him.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAwake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsI am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
John
GospelsAnd now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahBut if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants, then it shall be his to the year of liberty; after it shall return to the prince: but his inheritance shall be his sons' for them.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThe women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever.