Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWhen the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
Luke
GospelsAnd the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.
2 Chronicles
HistoryKeep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsNow Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab.
2 Chronicles
HistoryWaters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahTo what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBetter is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBehold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.
Malachi
Minor ProphetsBut Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the Ammonites.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBy terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:
Psalms
PoetryNow when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.
Luke
GospelsFor thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
Obadiah
Minor Prophets / ObadiahThey are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
Job
Wisdom / JobShall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease.
Numbers
Law / MosesIf a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraGrace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.