No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you?
John
Gospels / JohnIn my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,
Job
Wisdom / JobWhen the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?
Romans
Pauline EpistlesBut the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God.
Luke
Gospels / LukeWill he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
Job
WisdomAt that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him.
2 Chronicles
HistoryI remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
Leviticus
Law / MosesLord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David's men with him, over Jordan?
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanYet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd they put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might be shewed them.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.
Genesis
LawAnd I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsWhich knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
Acts
History / LukeIn that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
Luke
GospelsAnd the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.
Exodus
LawOr have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
Job
WisdomAnd Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread was set;