And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
Job
WisdomPray without ceasing.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesAnd it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to another, What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?
1 Samuel
HistoryA son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
Malachi
Minor Prophets / MalachiI am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanBoth the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.
2 Chronicles
HistoryHe is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahTheir tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBut and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
Luke
GospelsAnd the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThese are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men and Asahel.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.
Zephaniah
Minor Prophets / ZephaniahBlessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
James
General EpistlesAnd the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewWoe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsNo man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.
Mark
GospelsAnd as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.