And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsWherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.
Acts
HistoryBut Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsIf grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesFor all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
Psalms
PoetrySurely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraBehold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
James
General EpistlesUnderstand therefore this day, that the LORD thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the LORD hath said unto thee.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:
Genesis
LawThe candlestick also for the light, and his furniture, and his lamps, with the oil for the light,
Exodus
LawMoreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.
Numbers
LawAnd he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahCanst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
Job
WisdomAccording as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee: only the LORD thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses.
Joshua
History / JoshuaNow the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.
Judges
History / SamuelHear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahMany of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
John
GospelsA lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonFrom thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation,
Numbers
Law / MosesBlessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.