And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnother parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
Matthew
GospelsI have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
Proverbs
WisdomSon of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt:
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielHe hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
Job
Wisdom / JobFor I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.
Luke
GospelsAnd Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the LORD.
1 Samuel
HistoryThen shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
Matthew
GospelsFor the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
Acts
HistoryAnd when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAt that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesWisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraHe that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonFaithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesSurely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.
Genesis
LawTheir priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader,
1 Chronicles
HistoryThe breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahTherefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahHe is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,