But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBut the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAlso the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant;
Isaiah
Major ProphetsProfessing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulIt cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
Job
WisdomAnd four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were upon the pillars.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThe princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsNeither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.
Genesis
Law / MosesI have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelIf a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man's field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.
Exodus
Law / MosesFor Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country.
John
Gospels / JohnSo I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my loins.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThese are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
Genesis
LawBe it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.
Acts
HistoryHis bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.
Job
Wisdom / JobWherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelO vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBut ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.