All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
Job
WisdomBut ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible.
Malachi
Minor Prophets / MalachiAnd at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsShe obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsAnd Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou.
1 Samuel
HistoryThat I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThe young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelWhoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.
Psalms
PoetryAnd as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;
Luke
GospelsAhi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThe preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonThen came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem.
Mark
Gospels / MarkSo Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
Joshua
HistoryOf the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites: of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.
Numbers
LawBut those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.
Acts
History / LukeThe two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.
Genesis
LawFor he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:
Job
WisdomAnd the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,
Joshua
HistoryAnd the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: