I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesAnd as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One of you which eateth with me shall betray me.
Mark
GospelsOf a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThe twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
1 Chronicles
HistoryWith my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBut when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,
Acts
HistoryAnd when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThen Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews?
John
GospelsBut the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Numbers
LawAnd the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelRise up, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth me is at hand.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,
1 Chronicles
HistoryIf mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.
Judges
History / SamuelWhatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
Leviticus
LawI the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsHis glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersPublish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their brethren at Jerusalem, over against their brethren.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraOnly acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahWhen your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThe gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. And who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the LORD?
1 Chronicles
HistoryDoth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?