When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's, and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the east.
Joshua
HistoryAh Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahSo Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThen shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahSufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered into fenced cities.
Joshua
History / JoshuaBecause it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThen said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee?
2 Samuel
HistoryHe that hateth me hateth my Father also.
John
GospelsFor the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
1 Peter
General EpistlesAnd Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs:
1 Chronicles
HistoryFor there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahHear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
Psalms
PoetryThen said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him.
Luke
GospelsOne law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesBut the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel.
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesAnd before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors toward the north.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.