If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Beth-lehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd there were eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen sockets of silver, under every board two sockets.
Exodus
LawThey make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaSo likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
Revelation
ApocalypticThen Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.
Acts
History / LukeI will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.
Psalms
PoetryYe that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThen Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahA several tenth deal shalt thou offer for every lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
Numbers
LawAnd shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew
GospelsLast of all the woman died also.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
Joel
Minor ProphetsThen came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?
Matthew
GospelsMy righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsHe that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
Psalms
PoetryIgal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnAnd both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahHonour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.