And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonThey drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
Job
Wisdom / JobNow it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahFor thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahHe that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
Matthew
GospelsAnd the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?
Luke
GospelsFrom twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.
Numbers
LawAnd another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
Luke
GospelsFrom Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesRemember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
Acts
History / LukeTheir wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
Deuteronomy
LawSaul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David: wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.
1 Samuel
HistoryI am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD your God.
Numbers
Law / MosesFor this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesAnd as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahIn the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Beth-lehemite.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelEven the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
Luke
GospelsAnd, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielYet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaThe voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
Mark
Gospels / MarkTherefore the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king sware unto him.