And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosThen said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomWherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAmong which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children.
Matthew
GospelsAnd the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole.
Leviticus
LawRestore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their fillets of silver.
Exodus
Law / MosesNow the LORD hath brought it, and done according as he hath said: because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is come upon you.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.
Psalms
PoetryFor he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
Job
Wisdom / JobThe word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
Micah
Minor ProphetsThese things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesWherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
1 Samuel
HistoryCursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
Genesis
Law / MosesFor he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
1 Samuel
History / SamuelMy knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
Psalms
PoetryAnd it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
Exodus
Law / MosesBecause he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsI am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.
Genesis
LawHis confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahLight is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.