And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.
Psalms
PoetryThe children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
Psalms
PoetryThis persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / Paul(And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.)
Luke
GospelsBut we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesAnd the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar.
Leviticus
Law / MosesPharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army slain by the sword, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers.
Numbers
LawAnd when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahBut if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulHe said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
Luke
Gospels / LukeIt is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law.
Psalms
PoetryNeither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahSo David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.
Numbers
LawI beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBut he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahFor the LORD thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom.
Esther
History / MordecaiKnow ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
Romans
Pauline EpistlesYet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm.