And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me.
Mark
GospelsWhile it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownAnd they went from Hor-hagidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah.
Numbers
LawShe is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonWho was there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand?
2 Chronicles
History / EzraFor I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
2 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.
Exodus
Law / MosesThou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.
Exodus
LawNow therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king's treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.
Ezra
HistoryI am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsWilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnThe daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs:
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that were present with him bowed themselves, and worshipped.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraBut when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewNow learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:
Mark
Gospels / MarkSo ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam,
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands.
2 Samuel
HistoryBe not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.