Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersRehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:
Ezra
History / EzraAnd when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them.
Joshua
HistoryThen came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is our's, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers
Law / MosesI will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing.
Psalms
PoetryGod judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
Psalms
PoetryBut they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahYet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.
Micah
Minor ProphetsAnd Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.
Genesis
Law / MosesThe children of Zattu, nine hundred forty and five.
Ezra
HistoryFor thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsTheir camels, four hundred thirty and five: six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses.
Nehemiah
HistoryYe shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.
Deuteronomy
LawThe voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBut if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThe righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSaul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,
1 Samuel
History / SamuelNow he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches.
Job
Wisdom / JobThere is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonFor the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.