But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under.
1 Kings
HistorySing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.
Psalms
PoetryHe answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesFor he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.
Exodus
LawHis head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.
1 Kings
HistoryBut as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business:
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:
Joshua
HistoryAnd Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and set upon the city: and, behold, when he and the people that is with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to them as thou shalt find occasion.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them,
Matthew
GospelsLet the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThere salute thee Epaphras, my fellowprisoner in Christ Jesus;
Philemon
Pauline EpistlesIf a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.
2 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulSubmit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
1 Peter
General EpistlesAnd they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThey of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewIf thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
Proverbs
WisdomSo again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.