And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.
Psalms
PoetryThen took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahWoe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
Matthew
GospelsFor there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
Jude
General EpistlesWhen thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;
Luke
GospelsThe LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewEvery male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it is most holy.
Leviticus
Law / MosesIn the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.
Esther
HistorySo the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsO keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHis offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
Numbers
LawHe blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the LORD commanded me.
Deuteronomy
LawWe shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
Proverbs
WisdomAnd it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?
Genesis
Law / MosesUnto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs:
1 Chronicles
HistoryJesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
John
Gospels / JohnFor they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonA people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThe nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraFor the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.