(And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
Genesis
LawChildren, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?
Matthew
GospelsSpeak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus
Law / MosesBut the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Numbers
Law / MosesI saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
Daniel
Major ProphetsOnly ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.
Deuteronomy
LawIf thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up.
Job
WisdomFair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty.
Job
Wisdom / JobBut the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were with him two asses saddled, his concubine also was with him.
Judges
HistoryThou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThe matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.
2 Samuel
HistoryIf we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesI gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsSo likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.
Luke
GospelsTherefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnFor brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahHodijah, Hashum, Bezai,
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahFor my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Matthew
GospelsLikewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before the LORD in the sabbaths and in the new moons.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.