And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;
2 Samuel
HistoryThen certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast well said.
Luke
Gospels / LukeMoreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesLift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThen said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee?
2 Samuel
HistoryThis is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
Job
Wisdom / JobWatch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
Matthew
GospelsBecause for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.
Exodus
LawOur holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsYet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah, the Caphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.)
Deuteronomy
LawFor Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThe eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,
1 Chronicles
HistoryJustice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHe will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
Psalms
PoetryBut let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
Matthew
GospelsI will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
2 Samuel
HistoryGive her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
John
Gospels / JohnThey that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.