(And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice
Psalms
PoetryAnd the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
2 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelBe watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahWere not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD, he delivered them into thine hand.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThen said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.
1 Samuel
HistoryNow when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielTeach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
Job
WisdomFear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBlessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.
Mark
Gospels / MarkFear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThey shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.
Leviticus
Law / MosesSeparate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.
Numbers
Law / MosesNot forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
Hebrews
General EpistlesThe statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.
1 Kings
HistoryWhen thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesSorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonArise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersEvery man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.