And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
Psalms
PoetryAnd speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD:
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsThe city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsHe said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of God.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelYe shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.
Exodus
LawYet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or their's.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judaea.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers.
Acts
History / LukeAnd Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.
Ezra
History / EzraThese men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.
Genesis
LawAnd I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Revelation
ApocalypticBehold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the LORD go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines.
2 Samuel
HistoryRiches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valour.
Judges
History / SamuelFor the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:
John
Gospels / JohnWhom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that ye might know our affairs, and that he might comfort your hearts.
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesAnd they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.