Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)
Psalms
PoetryI made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd he did wash the inwards and the legs, and burnt them upon the burnt offering on the altar.
Leviticus
LawThen arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThen he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought them up.
2 Kings
HistoryWherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
Acts
History / LukeMoreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
Romans
Pauline EpistlesFor this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
Matthew
GospelsO that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.
Solomon's Song
PoetryAnd he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship.
Luke
GospelsBut in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein this passover was holden to the LORD in Jerusalem.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
Luke
GospelsAnd now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,
Ezra
HistoryThe wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
Psalms
PoetryWhen the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
Job
WisdomHe that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor the LORD our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed:
Joshua
History / JoshuaThen said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBut thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings which were before thee, so shall they burn odours for thee; and they will lament thee, saying, Ah lord! for I have pronounced the word, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBecause all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I am the LORD.