Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the LORD go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanI have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
Proverbs
WisdomSo the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of God, that the LORD might perform his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done.
Judges
History / SamuelHe sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersLORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God.
2 Kings
HistoryThen shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielThere is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomBut I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.
Judges
HistoryBut thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.
Psalms
PoetryAs ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
Colossians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd he denied it again. And a little after, they that stood by said again to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou art a Galilaean, and thy speech agreeth thereto.
Mark
GospelsHow much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
Proverbs
WisdomAdded yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.
Luke
GospelsHe shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.
Job
WisdomFulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesAnd he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee:
1 Kings
HistoryBut yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor they have refreshed my spirit and your's: therefore acknowledge ye them that are such.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesI should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
Job
WisdomAnd they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.