Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
Exodus
LawAnd the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesGive ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint.
1 Samuel
HistoryAt the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBlessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him; that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.
Exodus
LawWherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonTherefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the LORD.
Leviticus
LawAnd he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAs ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
Colossians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea,
Mark
Gospels / MarkJesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.
Luke
GospelsI will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
Psalms
PoetryAnd the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obed-edom, and all his household.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.
Genesis
Law / MosesThe blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBut thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSo king Solomon was king over all Israel.