For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
Proverbs
WisdomHe suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
Numbers
Law / MosesFor thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
Psalms
PoetryUntil the LORD have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD'S servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sunrising.
Joshua
HistoryTheir drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesTurn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus
Law / MosesO my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.
Genesis
LawUpon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
Esther
HistoryBut I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesBut the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver of the sin offering, he burnt upon the altar; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Leviticus
LawAnd he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him.
Leviticus
LawNow when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.
Acts
HistoryEpaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
Colossians
Pauline Epistles / PaulWho is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?
Solomon's Song
PoetryAnd this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulHe shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
John
GospelsAnd God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
Genesis
LawAnd the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught.
Mark
Gospels / MarkThe mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersOpen thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsNow therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;