But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.
Luke
GospelsWoe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; and whosoever had dedicated any thing, it was under the hand of Shelomith, and of his brethren.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraWhile we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesThis day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
Ezra
HistoryAnd the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnYe shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Exodus
LawHe that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
Proverbs
WisdomAll flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end.
Exodus
LawThe LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
2 Chronicles
History / EzraFor we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAfter him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith's son unto the place of the Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad, and to the going up of the corner.
Nehemiah
HistoryBecause he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.
Genesis
LawAnd he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder.
Numbers
Law / MosesMoreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBut Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill side behind him.
2 Samuel
HistoryBehold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?