And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Leviticus
LawAnd Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?
Exodus
Law / Moses(Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;)
Deuteronomy
LawThen measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielNow the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand.
John
Gospels / JohnThough thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
Job
WisdomWoe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
Judges
HistoryThou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
Psalms
PoetryThey chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
Judges
HistoryWhosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
Matthew
GospelsThese are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram.
Numbers
Law / MosesWhen the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThe fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.
Leviticus
LawO LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great things.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThat it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBut in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThen the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThen the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.
Acts
HistoryAnd he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him have liberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to minister or come unto him.
Acts
History / LukeThe sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.