And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor:
Numbers
LawJesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.
John
GospelsBut of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThe grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
Philemon
Pauline Epistles / PaulMoreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto the LORD, an holy portion of the land: the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds, and the breadth shall be ten thousand. This shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsWe have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIn a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.
Job
Wisdom / JobYe are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulHis hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonThey compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.
Numbers
LawThe heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:
Genesis
LawFor what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
Acts
History / LukeSay not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThen the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesJesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.
John
Gospels / JohnMany are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThere is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Proverbs
WisdomBut if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.