Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king's treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
Job
WisdomAnd Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThen David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd sixteen thousand persons;)
Numbers
Law / MosesAgain the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsHe shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahLie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
Colossians
Pauline EpistlesAnd ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work therein:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
Exodus
Law(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
John
GospelsAnd Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp.
Exodus
LawAnd since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will build thee an house.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraMy soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene.
Acts
History / LukeBut is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesAnd hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsCanst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
Job
WisdomHe is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnOne golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
Numbers
LawThen the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.