Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the LORD: so they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and in the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
Exodus
LawThe fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonWhereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also.
Genesis
LawAnd the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times:
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd the LORD delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain in it; but did unto the king thereof as he did unto the king of Jericho.
Joshua
HistoryAnd when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-jesus:
Acts
History / LukeWherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownAnd now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which thou, O LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the LORD thy God, and worship before the LORD thy God:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesCursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy
LawSo Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraVerily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.
Matthew
GospelsAnd God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
Genesis
Law / MosesA continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
Proverbs
WisdomHe that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
Proverbs
WisdomFor though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:
Acts
History / LukeWho will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly?
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahShe looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.