And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesThe fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesTherefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahWhom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.
Acts
HistoryTheir blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the LORD.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahLachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,
Joshua
HistoryAnd when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
John
GospelsHe moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
Job
WisdomHe hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanOr ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib.
Solomon's Song
PoetryYea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
Genesis
Law / MosesLet them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
Psalms
PoetryAnd forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
Luke
GospelsFor surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonIf ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
Luke
GospelsWhen ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead him away safely.
Mark
Gospels / MarkBut in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.