So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesHe sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.
Psalms
PoetryAnd what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesSet up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the LORD hath both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Beth-shemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us: it was a chance that happened to us.
1 Samuel
HistorySo they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they had killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThe lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
Luke
GospelsBut I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.
Hebrews
General EpistlesMy breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
Job
WisdomAnd the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine.
2 Chronicles
HistoryTeach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
Job
WisdomThen Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the LORD; and they prepared them,
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?
Genesis
Law / MosesJesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me?
John
GospelsSix days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.
Leviticus
LawAs well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: all my springs are in thee.
Psalms
PoetryThou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.
Deuteronomy
LawWalk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThere were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.
Psalms
PoetryA minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
Hebrews
General EpistlesDo good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.