In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work therein:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand;
Numbers
LawHear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
Job
Wisdom / JobI will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThe LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
Deuteronomy
LawThe fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
Proverbs
WisdomArise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die.
1 Kings
HistoryHis sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
Job
Wisdom / JobFor we are in danger to be called in question for this day's uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this concourse.
Acts
History / LukeThe Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsAnd I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.
Malachi
Minor ProphetsAnd Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
Genesis
LawBehold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsWherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownWoe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the men answered her, Our life for your's, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.
Joshua
History / JoshuaWho comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesFor I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.