(And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets were of brass.
Exodus
Law / MosesWilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.
1 Chronicles
HistoryMost men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
Proverbs
WisdomThen it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesHe shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the LORD God of Israel?
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea?
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielI speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesDelight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
Psalms
PoetryThey that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows were round about inward: and upon each post were palm trees.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsRighteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThen he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.
Judges
History / SamuelNeither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWho is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownAnd at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm: