And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraFor if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesNow he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.
Nehemiah
HistoryRemember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBut meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulWoe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
John
Gospels / JohnLet not then your good be evil spoken of:
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.
Leviticus
LawAnd Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.
Genesis
LawAnd thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.
Exodus
Law / MosesOf Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
1 Chronicles
HistoryWhether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd when he cometh, he shall smite the land of Egypt, and deliver such as are for death to death; and such as are for captivity to captivity; and such as are for the sword to the sword.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBlessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThus did Moses: according to all that the LORD commanded him, so did he.
Exodus
Law / MosesTake thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielSo it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.
Numbers
LawAnd Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen.