These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?
Job
WisdomBut thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.
Psalms
PoetryAnd this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThen shalt thou say, O LORD, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.
Joshua
HistoryAnd they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?
Mark
Gospels / MarkSo that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
Job
WisdomThou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
Deuteronomy
LawAnd an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.
Judges
HistoryTurn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;
Ruth
HistoryShe crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonYe shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.
Judges
History / SamuelViolence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of their's: neither shall there be wailing for them.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsTherefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesThanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
Luke
GospelsEven a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
Proverbs
WisdomThat your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahIf we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.