And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThe remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsBow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
Psalms
PoetryThen he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.
2 Samuel
HistoryO thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:
Daniel
Major ProphetsThe troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
Job
Wisdom / JobThou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.
Nehemiah
HistoryI have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.
Judges
HistoryBut other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBut he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
John
GospelsAnd it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.
Joshua
HistoryAnd straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.
Mark
GospelsDeclare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works among all nations.
1 Chronicles
HistoryBut I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesWho hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBut Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThen Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.
Genesis
LawAt Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.