The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.
Ruth
History / SamuelAnd, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
Luke
Gospels / LukeBut Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
Genesis
LawAnd he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
Matthew
GospelsAnd the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept other seven days with gladness.
2 Chronicles
HistoryOh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants go with thy servant.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanFor these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
Luke
GospelsTeach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
Psalms
PoetryHast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?
Job
WisdomThese things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.
John
GospelsThe word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.
Genesis
Law / MosesFor through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.
Joshua
HistoryAnd Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?
Numbers
LawArise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valour.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.