And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD because of the Midianites,
Judges
HistoryHow fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!
Solomon's Song
PoetryBut the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubile.
Leviticus
Law / MosesBut Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre,
John
Gospels / JohnThen Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahHe answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him?
John
GospelsBut her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThe way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBut rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Luke
GospelsAnd she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down.
Judges
HistoryTheir bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
Job
WisdomThough thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them what things should happen unto him,
Mark
GospelsThere is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him: and when he was come near, he asked him,
Luke
GospelsOur bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersNow this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and this was a testimony in Israel.
Ruth
HistoryAnd the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few words.
Hebrews
General EpistlesKerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men's hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.