But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Exodus
LawGrudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
James
General Epistles / JamesI am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsFor the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.
Micah
Minor ProphetsAnd Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.
Genesis
LawThe LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsMine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
Psalms
PoetryNow the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy brother Ben-hadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Ben-hadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahWhere no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
Proverbs
WisdomThen the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.
Daniel
Major ProphetsIn that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
2 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesFor a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownI have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
Job
WisdomThe depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
Matthew
GospelsDuke Magdiel, duke Iram. These are the dukes of Edom.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraFor ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rereward.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsIn the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day.