Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThey have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
Numbers
Law / MosesSharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraSo David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjath-jearim.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the sons of the prophets that were at Beth-el came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.
2 Kings
HistoryEither how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.
Luke
GospelsFinally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
1 Peter
General EpistlesWhat shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThe LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mount, and he before them.
Judges
HistoryThen take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them upon the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest;
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahIf ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
John
Gospels / JohnWhen ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession;
Leviticus
LawTherefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.
Numbers
LawAll the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and four hundred.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.