But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:
1 Kings
HistoryThou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it is a meat offering.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
Numbers
LawAnd at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
Acts
HistoryIf thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Beth-lehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd the little chambers thereof were three on this side and three on that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelParthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
Acts
History / LukeAnd in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.
Esther
HistoryAnd the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelEzer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
Mark
Gospels / MarkBut even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesWhich bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBut the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out.
Judges
History / SamuelOh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
Psalms
PoetryI tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThat your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again.
Philippians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBy the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThen said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?