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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Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.
Psalms
PoetryThus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon.
Judges
History / SamuelA false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownAnd the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Ben-hadad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;
1 Kings
HistoryAnd when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present.
Judges
HistoryAnd this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand.
Malachi
Minor Prophets / MalachiFor all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterDeliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.
Psalms
PoetryThen the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days:
Leviticus
Law / MosesBut my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
Psalms
PoetryYe blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd he said unto them, Let the LORD be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you.
Exodus
LawAnd in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnCan any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni.
Numbers
LawBut they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThe first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
John
GospelsI will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles
HistoryNevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.