And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty.
Job
WisdomAnd they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.
Judges
History / SamuelNow therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants go with thy servant.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel.
Acts
HistoryThat they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
Micah
Minor ProphetsEven as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
Jude
General Epistles / JudeCorrection is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the priest shall put of the oil that is in his hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the place of the blood of the trespass offering:
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
Acts
History / LukeAnd the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.
Luke
GospelsThese things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
John
Gospels / JohnThey shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownElam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraWherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD hath spoken it.
Joel
Minor ProphetsTherefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.
Haggai
Minor Prophets / HaggaiThey shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersNow these are the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,
Matthew
GospelsAnd some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices.