And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
Genesis
LawSo he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielLord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
Psalms
PoetryI said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you?
Joshua
HistoryO Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHe that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.
Numbers
Law / MosesMoreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet,
Mark
GospelsO my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.
Micah
Minor ProphetsAnd it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me.
Acts
HistoryWherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.
Judges
HistoryAnd it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.
Genesis
LawWherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
1 Samuel
HistoryFor this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
Psalms
PoetryAnd it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
2 Samuel
HistoryThen saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.