Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Selahammahlekoth.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonYour mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielOnly ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.
Deuteronomy
LawI saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsBut unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the LORD God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto them.
Joshua
History / JoshuaHow long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahEvery man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesBut while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king's gate.
Esther
HistoryThe poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonHe brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersNevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:
1 Kings
HistoryAnd their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsWill ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!
Psalms
PoetryBecause he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
Psalms
PoetryFor he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThe LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.