He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThe eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
1 Chronicles
HistoryOr who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.
Judges
History / SamuelIt is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBut Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.
Judges
HistoryFor Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
Hebrews
General EpistlesBut these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.
John
GospelsAnd if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
Luke
GospelsAnd Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelWhat then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulSo he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
1 Kings
HistorySo Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
Exodus
Law / MosesAgain, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewFor in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.
Mark
Gospels / MarkSo Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahIt shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.
Mark
GospelsThen said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
Amos
Minor ProphetsAnd David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelTherefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.