Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.
Job
WisdomThe man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonFor the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.
Nehemiah
HistoryGo to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
Genesis
Law / MosesTherefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,
Numbers
Law / MosesThe rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.
Exodus
Law / MosesSix years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;
Leviticus
Law / MosesBut the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham;
Zephaniah
Minor Prophets / ZephaniahSo the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahOr if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterThat we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah.
Judges
HistoryAnd Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
Genesis
Law / MosesNevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
Nehemiah
HistoryThese are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.
Genesis
LawSo they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.