And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
Psalms
PoetryYea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsHow shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsTrain up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonSay thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAs concerning the sons of Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite Laadan, chief fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite, were Jehieli.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him.
Exodus
Law / MosesA time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonFear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
Job
WisdomBut he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open fields, and make an atonement for the house: and it shall be clean.
Leviticus
Law / MosesThen Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewNow there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:
1 Samuel
HistoryFor the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:
Hosea
Minor ProphetsBut with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownAnd he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThen was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
Matthew
GospelsThen came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?
John
Gospels / JohnFor the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.
Psalms
PoetryHe smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahHide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.