And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosThe family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had against him. Farewell.
Acts
HistoryThy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBaana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:
1 Kings
HistoryWherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBut if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.
Judges
HistoryHe that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
Proverbs
WisdomTake him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
James
General EpistlesTherefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad; and between the little chambers were five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within was one reed.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThe seventh captain for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Beth-lehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.
Leviticus
LawKnow therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
Daniel
Major ProphetsWhich was the son of Aminadab, which was the son of Aram, which was the son of Esrom, which was the son of Phares, which was the son of Juda,
Luke
Gospels / LukeThen the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea:
Acts
History / LukeAnd there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them, that despised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.