And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
Genesis
Law / MosesDo therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow on them;
Acts
History / LukeI will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.
Exodus
LawAnd for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud.
Numbers
LawThen he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,
Ezra
HistoryAnd the sons of Ethan; Azariah.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am?
Luke
GospelsThey are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Psalms
PoetryBut if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.
Mark
GospelsFor what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonYe mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:)
Numbers
LawSo the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBehold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest it.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThe whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.
Genesis
Law / MosesHe burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.