But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHe that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThe wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.
2 Samuel
HistoryAs every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterThen shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Matthew
GospelsCommand Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering: It is the burnt offering, because of the burning upon the altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it.
Leviticus
Law / MosesIt shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraHowl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
Job
WisdomAnd all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD:
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:)
1 Chronicles
HistoryUnstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
Genesis
Law / MosesO LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThe plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIf I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
John
GospelsThe wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
Proverbs
WisdomBe still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.