And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people were come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.
Habakkuk
Minor ProphetsThere is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonThen when he was come into Galilee, the Galilaeans received him, having seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went unto the feast.
John
GospelsAnd when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThen I saw that she was defiled, that they took both one way,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielHow do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us?
Exodus
LawNow the building that was before the separate place at the end toward the west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about, and the length thereof ninety cubits.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsSo they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThen Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielThen he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,
Job
Wisdom / JobA fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
Proverbs
WisdomSo Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahIf thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Beth-lehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThen said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?
Luke
GospelsAnd command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your masters;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsNow shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure.