But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
Job
WisdomWherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.
Judges
HistoryYe shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.
Leviticus
LawBut God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesFor this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesThen Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;
1 Samuel
History / SamuelI will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,
Matthew
GospelsAnd with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielSo are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him;
Numbers
LawThus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsConsider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?
Ecclesiastes
WisdomProphesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen:
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken:
Luke
GospelsAnd when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat:
Leviticus
LawOf Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael:
1 Chronicles
HistoryThe evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBut he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownBut draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.