Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.
Psalms
PoetryIf I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
Psalms
PoetryOur fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersPeter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.
Acts
History / LukeThus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsI will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD.
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsThese are the children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz;
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd in the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt offering and the sin offering and the trespass offering.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.
Psalms
PoetryFor thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThe poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,
1 Chronicles
HistoryThey turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
Job
Wisdom / JobWhoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.
Proverbs
WisdomFor he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off his head, and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar:
Leviticus
LawAnd Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThink not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewNevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesThen said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death:
John
GospelsFor the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThen the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;