For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father's servant hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave sight.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the other skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:
Leviticus
LawAnd the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahI charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
Solomon's Song
PoetryNow therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands;
Judges
HistoryThe sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonScornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.
2 Chronicles
HistoryFrom thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
Job
WisdomAnd they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsGod, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownWhen I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesAnd he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanNow while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.
Acts
HistoryBut the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)
Romans
Pauline EpistlesTherefore they enquired of the LORD further, if the man should yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelLet all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraOr whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.
Numbers
Law / MosesWhen the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest;
Leviticus
LawHe sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.