And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.
Psalms
PoetryWhereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
James
General EpistlesImmediately 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
HistoryAsaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;
1 Chronicles
History / EzraDo ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesBecause of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.
Psalms
PoetryThe rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonSeventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks.
1 Kings
HistoryThen Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat still in the house.
John
GospelsFor kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesWhich also king David did dedicate unto the LORD, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued;
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThen Job answered and said,
Job
WisdomAnd he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old.
Luke
Gospels / LukeNow when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables;
John
Gospels / JohnTo see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIn the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonWhen he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
Job
WisdomI have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.