He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers
LawMoreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesAnd in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work.
Exodus
LawWhich goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
Job
Wisdom / JobI indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewIf so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the LORD thy God.
Deuteronomy
LawAgain the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples;
John
GospelsIn the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
Genesis
Law / MosesThe children of Nebo, fifty and two.
Ezra
HistoryThen the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions.
Daniel
Major ProphetsWithin two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the LORD'S house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
Matthew
GospelsAnd though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.
Acts
HistoryBut we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulI will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.
Psalms
PoetryBut if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for the LORD hath delivered them into our hand: and this shall be a sign unto us.
1 Samuel
HistoryWherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelBut if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father's servant hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel.