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Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesI am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
Genesis
LawAnd it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahWhat will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesThe children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
Ezra
HistoryThen said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahWhen the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
Job
Wisdom / JobI saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven;
Daniel
Major ProphetsThen Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the LORD: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd at the side without, as one goeth up to the entry of the north gate, were two tables; and on the other side, which was at the porch of the gate, were two tables.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.
Numbers
LawAnd his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;
Genesis
Law / MosesCry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahSo Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsForasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosSurely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThe children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahHath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
2 Kings
HistoryIf brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them.
Exodus
LawThou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: