And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThe topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
Job
WisdomTwo and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)
Acts
HistoryAnd the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover?
Mark
Gospels / MarkHe taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
Job
WisdomWho hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesThou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works?
Matthew
GospelsOur help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
Psalms
PoetryHis roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
Job
WisdomThen answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?
John
GospelsAnd Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.
Genesis
LawLet them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,
Ruth
HistoryAnd it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me.
Acts
HistoryI spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBut I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.
Joshua
HistoryHe is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
Job
Wisdom / JobSo Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by night.
Joshua
History / JoshuaBut some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?