It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.
Mark
GospelsAnd God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Genesis
Law / MosesLet them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.
Psalms
PoetryAnd she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD.
1 Samuel
HistoryBehold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight.
2 Kings
HistoryThen Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
Matthew
GospelsAnd David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
1 Chronicles
HistoryYea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.
Genesis
LawThou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBehold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.
Psalms
PoetryThen the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.
2 Samuel
HistoryHe hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
Job
WisdomBut I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesThen the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraWe are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnAnd the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Genesis
Law / MosesFrom thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.
Numbers
LawBeside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full.
2 Kings
HistoryAnswer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
Proverbs
WisdomLet the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.