And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,
1 Kings
HistoryTherefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.
Amos
Minor ProphetsSo Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the LORD delivered them into his hands.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.
Nehemiah
HistoryNow Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.
2 Samuel
HistoryFor I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
Ezra
HistoryDraw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersEgypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThe shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.
Nahum
Minor ProphetsThe sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
Joel
Minor ProphetsAnd that which is left of the meat offering shall be Aaron's and his sons': it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men.
Judges
HistoryI opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.
Psalms
PoetryAgain the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielLet not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersCast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
Psalms
PoetryWhence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.
Numbers
Law / MosesThere shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAs the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
Job
WisdomThou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahOur father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons.
Numbers
LawThen answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?
John
Gospels / JohnMoreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.