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 LORD spake by his servants the prophets, saying,
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThen shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the field.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.
Numbers
Law / MosesBecause thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
Revelation
ApocalypticTherefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahHear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
Micah
Minor ProphetsThe blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.
Joshua
HistoryAll our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
Acts
History / LukeTherefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after the Midianites.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the LORD stood by.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end to the other.
Exodus
Law / MosesWith arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsI am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?
Genesis
LawThe lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsSpeak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.
Numbers
Law / MosesFor they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
Exodus
LawAnd Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.