And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Joshua
History / JoshuaA day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsBut I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.
Job
Wisdom / JobWhy then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:
1 Kings
HistoryThou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
Proverbs
WisdomHadid, Zeboim, Neballat,
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahDo not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersTherefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.
John
GospelsWhen he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHe built even Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.
2 Samuel
HistoryAt that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them: but they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsOr saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulHe hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.
Acts
History / LukeAnd that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:
2 Samuel
HistoryThat thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.