And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsO that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.
Acts
History / LukeBehold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
Genesis
LawCursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy
LawArise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Luke
GospelsThe glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsIn the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.
Genesis
LawAnd there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsWherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesLet us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
3 John
General EpistlesThe words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsIn this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
1 John
General EpistlesRid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu;
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsFor he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulI have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.