And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember thy wonders of old.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father's house.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuseth to give me leave to go with you.
Numbers
Law / MosesSon of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste:
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThe sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonHow sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Psalms
PoetryThou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
Psalms
PoetryAnd unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly.
Judges
HistoryAnd Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
Luke
Gospels / LukeI will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.
Psalms
PoetryHe hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahBecause they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?
Joshua
HistoryLet us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples,
Matthew
GospelsAnd it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahI John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAs I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;