Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsI shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersNow are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests' garments.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahYe shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Exodus
Law / MosesA fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Joel
Minor ProphetsForsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother.
Deuteronomy
LawThe graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God.
Deuteronomy
LawThen will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsNow the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
2 Kings
History / JeremiahOn this side Jordan, in the valley over against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesJeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraLo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the prince in the midst of them, when they go in, shall go in; and when they go forth, shall go forth.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the LORD spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation. And they three came out.
Numbers
LawAnd Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor,
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahHe shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
John
GospelsAnd in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD.