And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Leviticus
LawShe hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
Proverbs
WisdomThen Abner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asahel? And he answered, I am.
2 Samuel
HistoryShuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
Judges
History / SamuelThe LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahFor the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in truth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
2 Samuel
HistoryTo execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages:
Joshua
HistoryAnd I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat.
Acts
HistoryGod be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.
Psalms
PoetryBut I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThou shalt not eat any abominable thing.
Deuteronomy
LawFor 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 / MosesAs he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord GOD.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
Exodus
LawSpikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonAnd, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David.