And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.
Matthew
GospelsNow upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThat ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnWherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,
Esther
History / MordecaiIt is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsJehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsFor, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he that regarded not the word of the LORD left his servants and his cattle in the field.
Exodus
Law / MosesI am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,
Joshua
History / JoshuaAlso of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same is Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
Ezra
HistoryAnd he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.
Exodus
LawHearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.
Genesis
Law / MosesI charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesIn whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulSo the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king's commandment.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahPraise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHe hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.