And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBeloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnThen said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.
2 Samuel
HistoryBut if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraBut Peter said unto him, Although all shall be offended, yet will not I.
Mark
GospelsThere went with us also certain of the disciples of Caesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom we should lodge.
Acts
History / LukeAnd the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the LORD.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahHe hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsBlessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem:
Ezra
HistoryAnd it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him; and God moved them to depart from him.
2 Chronicles
HistoryNow will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine anger upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all thine abominations.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin.
Leviticus
LawAnd when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples,
Mark
Gospels / MarkBut of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesFor God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesBut if the priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father's meat: but there shall no stranger eat thereof.
Leviticus
LawI wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.
3 John
General Epistles / JohnAnd thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it.
2 Kings
HistoryOrder ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewFor who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
Romans
Pauline EpistlesBehold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.