But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsSee that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesTherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThen asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?
Ezra
History / EzraThey sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the king, all peace.
Ezra
History / EzraThis is the oblation that ye shall offer; the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of wheat, and ye shall give the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of barley:
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsA bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
1 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulO LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
Acts
HistoryWhen they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.
John
Gospels / JohnNow after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings.
Acts
HistoryNow when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it round about.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsWhose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
Job
Wisdom / JobBut and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?
Matthew
GospelsThe children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
Genesis
LawBut a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,
Acts
HistoryThe burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahWhy, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
Job
WisdomSon of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house.