And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.
Genesis
Law / MosesI cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.
Psalms
PoetryAnd they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
Job
Wisdom / JobAlso in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to Benhail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielBe not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.
2 Samuel
HistoryThey are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.
Luke
GospelsOr if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBut if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
1 John
General EpistlesAnd the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they be thy due, and thy sons' due, which are given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel.
Leviticus
LawIn a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baken, thou shalt bring it in: and the baken pieces of the meat offering shalt thou offer for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
Leviticus
Law / MosesMoreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahOn this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,
Deuteronomy
LawBlessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.
Psalms
PoetryThen wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,
Ezra
HistoryAnd he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh did.
2 Kings
HistoryO Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?
Deuteronomy
LawAnd thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first.