And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.
Genesis
LawAnd Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.
Nahum
Minor Prophets / NahumAnd when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
Luke
GospelsDoth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.
Job
WisdomLet not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHe is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
Job
WisdomThen Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the man myself. To morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.
Acts
History / LukeIf my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
Job
Wisdom / JobBelievest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
John
Gospels / JohnAttai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
1 Chronicles
HistoryThe Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.
Psalms
PoetryAnd when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines.
1 Samuel
HistoryMoreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
Genesis
LawAsahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem,
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanTherefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
Genesis
Law / MosesFor the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake:
1 Kings
HistoryLet not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBehold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahMoreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.