And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
Ezra
HistoryI will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.
Exodus
LawWhosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
Luke
GospelsThen goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBut that ye must turn away this day from following the LORD? and it will be, seeing ye rebel to day against the LORD, that to morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days?
Luke
Gospels / LukeO LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThen she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him.
John
Gospels / JohnFor if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahIt is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesThen Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you; behold, I will pray unto the LORD your God according to your words; and it shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing the LORD shall answer you, I will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing back from you.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsI will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her mouth.
Genesis
Law / MosesThese are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers.
Numbers
LawAnd when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnFor ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
Job
WisdomAnd I heard him speaking unto me out of the house; and the man stood by me.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.