But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersTake heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:
Exodus
LawHow is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
Luke
GospelsAnd Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahDeclare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahIt is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonWhich, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.
Matthew
GospelsIn all the signs and the wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land,
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesTake ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsSlothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and passed over Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against them. So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him.
1 Chronicles
HistoryWherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
Genesis
LawTo set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.
Exodus
LawAnd he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThe young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?
Matthew
GospelsAnd while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings.
1 Kings
HistoryTherefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.
Zephaniah
Minor Prophets / ZephaniahAnd Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying,
Numbers
Law / MosesWhy is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?