And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelBut I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesTo execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
Jude
General Epistles / JudeAnd it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the LORD.
Amos
Minor ProphetsAll my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.
Job
WisdomOnly the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.
1 Kings
HistoryBehold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
Job
Wisdom / JobThus saith the LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
Psalms
PoetryThis parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock.
Exodus
LawAfter two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaWho hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahThey say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewDoth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
James
General EpistlesAnd beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
Luke
GospelsHow he sware unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSo the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak unto thee.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielSing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.