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Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.
Exodus
Law / MosesThe thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.
Matthew
GospelsAnd if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.
Matthew
GospelsWisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomThe likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,
Deuteronomy
LawBut when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.
Matthew
GospelsShem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraFor in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
1 Samuel
HistoryBe not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
Proverbs
WisdomNow the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
Genesis
Law / MosesBut we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
Acts
History / LukeAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Exodus
Law / MosesIf one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would slay them.
1 Samuel
HistoryNeither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAlso Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
Esther
HistoryAnd the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed on to Timnah:
Joshua
HistoryAnd Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were his sons, heads of the fathers.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraFor the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.