Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anetothite, of the Benjamites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
1 Chronicles
HistoryBut I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
Exodus
LawDestruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
Genesis
LawFor I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsNow therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to your fathers.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelBut verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:
Matthew
GospelsThus Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that he hath done shall ye do: and when this cometh, ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsForbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesThen said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar.
Acts
HistoryFor the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
Deuteronomy
LawIn that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThis I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBecause they have done that which was evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAvoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab.
2 Kings
HistoryDeclare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahAnd she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
Genesis
LawA land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesFor the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,