O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that I may eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull.
Judges
HistoryFor when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be enquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnAnd straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
Mark
Gospels / MarkFor in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsForasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
Amos
Minor ProphetsTurn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
Psalms
PoetryNeither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress.
Obadiah
Minor ProphetsAnd it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.
Luke
Gospels / LukeSo Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him.
1 Chronicles
HistoryThus saith the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place, which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.
Ruth
History / SamuelAnd he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielIf so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterAnd he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Mark
GospelsAnd when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.
Acts
History / LukeAnd the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThen was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.