And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.
Proverbs
WisdomBlessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king's servant, and me thy servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight:
Exodus
Law / MosesWoe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;
Nahum
Minor Prophets / NahumAlso the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate place toward the east, an hundred cubits.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
2 Samuel
HistoryBut he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?
Matthew
GospelsI will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsThat made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made;
Exodus
LawAnd all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.
Acts
HistoryFor thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
Genesis
LawTake heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraFor, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people.
2 Samuel
HistoryFor I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
Colossians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThus saith the Lord GOD; Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBut when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
Acts
History / LukeI am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.