And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAccept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahThat ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
John
Gospels / JohnAll the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersCall now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?
Job
WisdomFrom the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahWhere the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.
2 Samuel
HistoryWhosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
1 John
General EpistlesHe that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThen Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAll they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielCease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
Proverbs
WisdomMicah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahRepent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
Acts
History / LukeO satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great.