And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.
Job
WisdomFor I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
Malachi
Minor ProphetsIf I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesEvery one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.
Luke
GospelsFor I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street,
2 Chronicles
HistoryNow in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;
Esther
HistoryAnd ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelAnd the morrow after they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius waited for them, and had called together his kinsmen and near friends.
Acts
HistoryIn that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewJudgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelTill I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
1 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.
2 Chronicles
HistoryIt was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles.
Luke
GospelsBut we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
Acts
History / LukeAnd Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil.
Leviticus
LawAnd these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.
Genesis
Law / MosesI beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsLaying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.