In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:
Amos
Minor ProphetsFor thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
Isaiah
Major ProphetsFor thus saith the Lord GOD; The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
Exodus
LawBut thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBut if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait,
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
Numbers
Law / MosesWherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersYe shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:
Deuteronomy
LawAnd if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesHe shall break also the images of Beth-shemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahWhile he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Job
WisdomAnd now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter:
Acts
HistoryAnd it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner.
Acts
History / LukeAnd Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels' necks.
Judges
HistoryAll that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were an hundred thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their armies. And they shall go forward in the third rank.
Numbers
LawHowbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd he shall consecrate unto the LORD the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but the days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled.
Numbers
LawMoreover Job continued his parable, and said,
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.