And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar?
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd it shall come to pass, when the LORD shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel;
1 Samuel
HistoryBy his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
Job
Wisdom / JobAll thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?
Nehemiah
HistoryA land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved?
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahFor Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
Mark
GospelsAnd what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanUntil the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
Daniel
Major ProphetsFor I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesThe LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
Psalms
PoetryWhom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.
Acts
HistoryAnd they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and they shall know that I am the LORD their God.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsWho hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not.
Luke
GospelsAnd he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee,
1 Kings
History / JeremiahEvery man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head.