These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Matthew
GospelsAnd though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBut those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonSpecially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God.
Leviticus
Law / MosesLet the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
Psalms
PoetryAnd he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship.
Luke
GospelsThe oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahIn the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites:
Joshua
HistoryAnd there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
2 Samuel
HistoryAs thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.
2 Kings
HistorySo the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet;
Deuteronomy
LawMy heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast.
Leviticus
Law / MosesI am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.
Solomon's Song
PoetryAnd the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:
Judges
History / SamuelAnd the LORD answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.