And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd it came to pass, as they departed from him, Peter said unto Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias: not knowing what he said.
Luke
GospelsAnd they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.
Exodus
LawThus saith the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBut woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Luke
GospelsAnd Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahWhen they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThe rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?
Acts
HistoryAnd these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraFor how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.
Genesis
Law / MosesBehold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:
Amos
Minor ProphetsThen cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThen the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD'S glory.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple.
Luke
Gospels / LukeFor Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
Job
Wisdom / JobWherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelWhereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd there were seven steps to go up to it, and the arches thereof were before them: and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, upon the posts thereof.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBut it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
2 Kings
HistoryMy vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.