And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.
2 Samuel
HistoryThen Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.
Acts
HistoryFor so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahNevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
Psalms
PoetryAlso, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsFor thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThe LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.
Genesis
LawFor thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesKnowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesBless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:
Exodus
Law / MosesThen saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray him,
John
GospelsThe king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewSo Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.
Joshua
History / JoshuaIf any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.
1 John
General EpistlesIf my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles
HistoryTherefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
Numbers
LawPaul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.
Leviticus
Law / MosesLook upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.