Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
Genesis
LawAnd when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.
Genesis
Law / MosesForasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd whomsoever he toucheth that hath the issue, and hath not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
Leviticus
LawAlso, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahJudah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsFor the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
John
GospelsElihu also proceeded, and said,
Job
WisdomWoe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
Micah
Minor ProphetsThen they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esar-haddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither.
Ezra
HistoryBetter is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.
Proverbs
WisdomLet the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.
Acts
History / LukeAnd Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses.
Exodus
LawThese are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD.
Numbers
Law / MosesThe sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
Job
WisdomA man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.
Exodus
Law / MosesMarvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
Psalms
PoetryThese things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.