And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahWho hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.
Obadiah
Minor ProphetsAnd when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey? why then didst thou not go down unto thine house?
2 Samuel
HistorySing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsFor, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd they answered, that they could not tell whence it was.
Luke
Gospels / LukeSo Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was laid down. And she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd if a man sanctify unto the LORD a field which he hath bought, which is not of the fields of his possession;
Leviticus
LawThou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.
Genesis
LawAnd Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the LORD.
Joshua
HistoryI will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me.
Psalms
PoetryBalaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.
Joshua
History / JoshuaWe then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.
John
Gospels / JohnWhereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
Job
WisdomThou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThen a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
Job
Wisdom / JobBy the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.