Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God.
Leviticus
Law / MosesDoth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
James
General Epistles / JamesLest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonFor thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.
Acts
History / LukeAnd on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief captains, and principal men of the city, at Festus' commandment Paul was brought forth.
Acts
HistoryWoe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.
Amos
Minor ProphetsAnd every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that which was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean.
Leviticus
LawAnd Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought for David in times past to be king over you:
2 Samuel
HistoryThine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
Proverbs
WisdomThe punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahThe earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBut what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThe children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
Ezra
History / EzraThey joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
Psalms
PoetryAnd I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahOnly do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee.
Job
WisdomThus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice,
1 Kings
History / JeremiahI will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.
Genesis
Law / MosesThe LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBut God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.
Exodus
LawAnd thirty thousand asses and five hundred,