At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
Proverbs
WisdomNow the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThey also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersA fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Joel
Minor ProphetsSorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonFor every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
Matthew
GospelsNow the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
Matthew
GospelsAnd this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
Ezra
HistoryThey gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
Psalms
PoetryAnd thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pi-hahiroth, which is before Baal-zephon: and they pitched before Migdol.
Numbers
LawThere was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.
Joshua
History / JoshuaIs Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesWhen she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.
Mark
GospelsThe seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
Psalms
PoetryMany daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
Proverbs
WisdomBetter is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.
Numbers
LawAnd I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnThen came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?
1 Samuel
History / SamuelWhen Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelNow these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,