(For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes,
Luke
GospelsSorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomWhich is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThen said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou art a stranger, and also an exile.
2 Samuel
HistoryThe LORD spake also unto me again, saying,
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAlso of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name.
Ezra
HistoryAnd the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the vale for abundance.
2 Chronicles
HistoryFor the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets / HabakkukAnd I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsWhile the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd these are the numbers of them according to the house of their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand.
2 Chronicles
HistoryDavid therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites:
Numbers
LawAnd thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanLet them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.
Psalms
PoetryI saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.
Amos
Minor ProphetsAnd his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
Numbers
LawIn the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee.
Numbers
Law / MosesIs not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?
Mark
GospelsWhile 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
Wisdom / JobAnd again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled.