These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.
Psalms
PoetryBeside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even unto every one that entereth into the house of the LORD, his daily portion for their service in their charges according to their courses;
2 Chronicles
History / EzraLORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for himself, because one hath cast down his altar.
Judges
HistoryThou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
Psalms
PoetryAnd while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing.
Acts
HistoryKnow ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.
Judges
HistoryOn this side Jordan, in the valley over against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt:
Deuteronomy
LawSo all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David king over Israel.
2 Samuel
HistoryThen the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.
Daniel
Major ProphetsMoreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,
2 Samuel
History(Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:)
John
Gospels / JohnMy foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
Leviticus
Law / MosesSo David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThis second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
2 Peter
General EpistlesBlessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Bath-sheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.
1 Kings
HistoryHe sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.
Psalms
PoetryOnly acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBut, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;