And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
Genesis
Law / MosesI am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonAnd they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils.
Mark
GospelsBut I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
Matthew
GospelsHeal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewFor I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
Amos
Minor ProphetsAnd if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves thereof.
Numbers
LawEvery one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersMy hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you:
Leviticus
LawThen came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewServants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
1 Peter
General EpistlesAnd again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.
John
GospelsWherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?
2 Chronicles
History / EzraFor the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen the LORD said unto me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahIf ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
Luke
GospelsAm I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went into an house.