So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments.
Psalms
PoetryTherefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.
Jonah
Minor ProphetsFor in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesWe know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnAnd they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.
Mark
GospelsBut if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?
John
Gospels / JohnBut when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewFor God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to Hebron.
2 Samuel
HistoryFor Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsHe shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.
Luke
Gospels / Luke(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesThat I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.
Proverbs
WisdomSurely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.
Job
WisdomBut the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us?
Exodus
LawAnd he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.
Judges
History / SamuelBut when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.
Luke
Gospels / LukeOn the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnWhom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterAnd these shall be the measures thereof; the north side four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred.