And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid.
2 Samuel
HistoryHe shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.
Esther
History / MordecaiIt is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
Psalms
PoetryDuke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One of you which eateth with me shall betray me.
Mark
GospelsAnd he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
John
GospelsHe croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIf he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
Job
Wisdom / JobTheir horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.
Habakkuk
Minor ProphetsAnd the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and shew me both it, and his habitation:
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.
Joshua
History / JoshuaImmediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.
Acts
HistoryAnd the priests, Aaron's sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat, in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar:
Leviticus
LawTheir poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
Psalms
PoetryAnd when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone. And they kept it close, and told no man in those days any of those things which they had seen.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father.
1 Kings
HistoryWho is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsWhoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
Genesis
LawRise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAlso they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day.
Acts
HistoryBut if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.