And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonConsider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?
Luke
GospelsWhich also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.
Deuteronomy
LawThen the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
John
GospelsI chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd was drawn from the north, and went forth to En-shemesh, and went forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben,
Joshua
History / JoshuaStablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersMaster, which is the great commandment in the law?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahTen cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of one board.
Exodus
LawNow there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThe dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.
Psalms
PoetryAnd said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
Genesis
Law / MosesUpon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
Esther
HistoryAnd did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron's consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before the LORD: and it shall be thy part.
Exodus
LawFor that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan;
2 Samuel
HistoryGavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
Job
WisdomThey that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
Psalms
PoetryI have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.