And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
Leviticus
Law / MosesI will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAsk thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David.
1 Samuel
HistoryThen thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesMy mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.
Psalms
PoetryFor the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
Job
WisdomFor as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
John
Gospels / JohnLittle children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
1 John
General EpistlesAnd Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelSon of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it,
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsKnow now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.
Job
WisdomAnd the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.
Exodus
Law / MosesThe thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron which were left alive, saying,
Leviticus
LawBut as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
Genesis
LawAnd it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraDoth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I trow not.
Luke
Gospels / LukeNow when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewFor a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him?
Luke
GospelsThen said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.