And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAs it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBut the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
Genesis
Law / MosesThen all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.
Acts
History / LukeSo they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.
Jonah
Minor ProphetsAlso day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner.
Nehemiah
HistoryThere are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
Acts
HistoryTheir line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHow he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:
Psalms
PoetryAnd I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThey hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
Amos
Minor ProphetsBehold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsI said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonSpeak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed.
Numbers
LawAnd the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in great anger.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.