And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThen Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were.
2 Samuel
HistoryThou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.
Luke
Gospels / LukeEphraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsThus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBeware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesHe sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches going out of it.
Exodus
Law / MosesBehold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities:
Joshua
HistoryAnd Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.
Genesis
Law / MosesAs for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him, Art thou the man that spakest unto the woman? And he said, I am.
Judges
HistoryAnd the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.
John
GospelsAnd it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what goodness the LORD shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee.
Numbers
LawMine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahIt is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
John
Gospels / JohnWhereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done.
Judges
History / SamuelThy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.