And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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I said in my haste, All men are liars.
Psalms
PoetryGod reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBy this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it.
Exodus
LawPraise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
Psalms
PoetryBut Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
Acts
History / LukeAnd they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.
Judges
History / SamuelBehold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;
Genesis
Law / MosesShould thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
Job
WisdomAnd Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis
LawThere they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
Genesis
LawAll things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomFrom the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing.
Luke
Gospels / LukeIf I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.
John
GospelsAnd they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBut if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesBut the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy unto the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest's.
Leviticus
Law / MosesSo the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
Matthew
GospelsIn the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAs soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall find him.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.