And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king's son was over the house, judging the people of the land.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahMy strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
Psalms
PoetrySurely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
Job
WisdomFor I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.
Exodus
Law / MosesWhosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage.
Joshua
HistoryThe desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
Psalms
PoetryNevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsSo that the face of a man was toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side: it was made through all the house round about.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBecause they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:
Job
WisdomAnd David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.
Genesis
LawTherefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsIt is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
Psalms
PoetryAnd when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.
Numbers
LawThe LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.
Deuteronomy
LawI am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.
Psalms
PoetryAnd she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool.
2 Kings
HistoryBut his father and his mother knew not that it was of the LORD, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters of strife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is the south side southward.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah.