For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?
Luke
Gospels / LukeLet them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.
Psalms
PoetryFor we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanMoreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:
Deuteronomy
LawIf a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the LORD; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the LORD a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering:
Leviticus
Law / MosesHe that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
Proverbs
WisdomThen saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?
John
GospelsTherefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewJesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
Matthew
GospelsAnd began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!
Mark
Gospels / MarkThy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonAnd the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
Numbers
LawThey shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basons, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers' skins, and put to the staves of it.
Numbers
LawAnd he went up from thence to Beer-sheba.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThere was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
Job
WisdomAnd the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Beth-shemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the LORD.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against them.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThe young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsAnd I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.