And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAs for our redeemer, the LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
1 Chronicles
HistoryLet all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.
Genesis
LawAnd it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,
Exodus
LawI delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
Psalms
PoetryThen went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed.
John
GospelsFor the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesGrace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
2 Peter
General Epistles / PeterThat ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
Philippians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.
Acts
History / LukeAnd David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?
1 Samuel
HistoryThey shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBut even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd he shall offer his offering unto the LORD, one he lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for peace offerings,
Numbers
Law / MosesSeest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
1 Kings
HistoryTo be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses.
Numbers
LawAnd they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.
Mark
Gospels / MarkHow long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?