But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThen Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian.
Numbers
LawFor as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomFor mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
Exodus
Law / MosesHe turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahBehold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
Job
Wisdom / JobThou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:
Deuteronomy
LawThere shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.
Exodus
LawAnd thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsI will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsMy times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.
Ruth
HistoryBut against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.
Exodus
Law / MosesThy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets / HabakkukAnd saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD'S.
Obadiah
Minor ProphetsAnd Moses said unto the congregation, This is the thing which the LORD commanded to be done.
Leviticus
Law / MosesTherefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.