And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.
Numbers
Law / MosesSaying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterBut Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnHowbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.
Judges
History / SamuelFor we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownBut in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
Matthew
GospelsSalvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBut Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
Acts
HistoryAnd how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.
Luke
GospelsFor thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThen the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even.
Numbers
LawAnd when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.
Genesis
Law / MosesDestroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, every one that maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the LORD of hosts, which he hath determined against it.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBe in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahSurely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering.
Leviticus
LawWhosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.
Numbers
Law / MosesMoab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.