But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAs a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place:
1 Kings
HistoryThen Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThey hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
Amos
Minor ProphetsGreat is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulI will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.
Psalms
PoetryWith a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Genesis
Law / MosesWherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
Acts
History / LukeAnd lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahIt is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that were come together.
Acts
History / LukeAnd the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnNow it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBut other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's brother.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulCome, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?
John
GospelsNone of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd they all forsook him, and fled.
Mark
Gospels / MarkSo they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
Esther
HistoryAnd when Moses heard that, he was content.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd it came to pass, as they departed from him, Peter said unto Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias: not knowing what he said.