And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesHe stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
Job
Wisdom / JobThen the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he spake.
John
GospelsFor the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.
Mark
Gospels / MarkSo Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same;
Joshua
History / JoshuaArabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they thy merchants.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBehold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
Job
WisdomAnd it shall be the prince's part to give burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaister them with plaister:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThen opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,
Luke
GospelsAnd when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus.
Acts
History / LukeAnd whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
1 John
General EpistlesYe shall not fear them: for the LORD your God he shall fight for you.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesO GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
Psalms
PoetryAnd if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.
Numbers
LawLet it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraTherefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
Genesis
Law / MosesHe made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesSome trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,