And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesTherefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?
Psalms
PoetryOur fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
John
GospelsEvery one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielI cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThere is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThe length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be all of one measure.
Exodus
LawAnd he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.
Genesis
LawAnd they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
Luke
GospelsAnd love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
Matthew
GospelsHear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
Job
Wisdom / JobAt the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents, and at the commandment of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the charge of the LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
Numbers
Law / MosesTheir pillars were twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.
Exodus
LawAnd they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahNevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
1 Samuel
HistoryFor, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from every quarter.
Mark
Gospels / MarkThe Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraBut if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.
Luke
Gospels / LukeIf the priest's daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd they put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might be shewed them.