Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd he said, All these have I kept from my youth up.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.
Psalms
PoetrySix days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
Exodus
LawFor it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.
Job
WisdomThey say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab.
2 Samuel
HistoryIs it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahThe new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBe wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
Mark
Gospels / MarkTherefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.
Nehemiah
HistoryTherefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.
Genesis
Law / MosesWhere is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty.
Numbers
Law / MosesAll that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
Lamentations
Major ProphetsBut he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielNow therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence,
Acts
HistoryAnd what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;