And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:
Nehemiah
HistoryThus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:
Genesis
Law / MosesTo whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
Colossians
Pauline EpistlesThus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
Genesis
LawAnd it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsYe shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.
Leviticus
LawFor yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain:
1 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulJesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
John
GospelsAnd he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelDoth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
James
General Epistles / JamesThine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second; that the loops may take hold one of another.
Exodus
Law / MosesThen came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not finished.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,
Genesis
LawThe merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,
Revelation
ApocalypticWho found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
Acts
History / LukeFor verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
Matthew
GospelsIn thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.