No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThe children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
Deuteronomy
LawAs a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesAnd Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.
Daniel
Major ProphetsOnly be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
Joshua
HistoryAnd the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.
Numbers
Law / MosesShuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraTherefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,
John
Gospels / JohnAnd his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
Job
WisdomNeither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsDo good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.
Psalms
PoetrySo we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.
2 Kings
HistoryLo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
Job
WisdomAnd thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?
Romans
Pauline EpistlesIt was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
Luke
Gospels / LukePeace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.