While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
John
GospelsAnd their brethren, mighty men of valour, an hundred twenty and eight: and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of one of the great men.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahFor I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahAnd Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
Genesis
LawThe heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.
Genesis
LawO my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahBehold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThese are the children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz;
1 Chronicles
HistoryThen hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesAnd the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;
Judges
HistoryAnd it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
1 Kings
HistoryThou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.
Exodus
LawLet them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Solomon's Song
PoetryAnd always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.
Mark
Gospels / MarkWhen they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, these lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creature was in them.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?
Exodus
Law / MosesThen the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest go into it to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house:
Leviticus
LawAnd when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd the LORD said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.