The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.
Numbers
LawTherefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahYe call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.
John
GospelsAnd Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The LORD is able to give thee much more than this.
2 Chronicles
HistoryDid I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you?
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.
2 Kings
HistoryWho shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
Philippians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThen Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.
Judges
HistoryFor evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd all the meat offering that is baken in the oven, and all that is dressed in the fryingpan, and in the pan, shall be the priest's that offereth it.
Leviticus
Law / MosesThen shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
Genesis
LawFor what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
Job
Wisdom / JobNor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewSurely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
Job
Wisdom / JobBe wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
Psalms
PoetryOr if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.
Leviticus
LawThou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
Judges
History / SamuelThis shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersDeal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.