For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth;
Psalms
PoetryBeside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even unto every one that entereth into the house of the LORD, his daily portion for their service in their charges according to their courses;
2 Chronicles
History / EzraIs not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures?
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThat thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesFor by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever; and they besought him for her.
Luke
GospelsAnd he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
1 Samuel
HistorySon of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAll nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
Exodus
LawWherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielSpeak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen.
Exodus
Law / MosesHeshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon,
Joshua
HistoryTherefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielIs not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?
Matthew
GospelsThus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The LORD bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them.
Joshua
HistoryAnd Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?
Genesis
LawAnd they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsDid I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?