And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.
Luke
GospelsTahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraLet the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand;
Psalms
PoetryAnd if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.
Luke
GospelsOh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
Job
WisdomNow a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat.
Acts
HistoryThe priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsSo the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly:
Luke
GospelsLet thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis
Law / MosesBut none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
Job
WisdomHe was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.
Judges
History / SamuelIf ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnHe shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.
Numbers
Law / MosesOh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.