And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesFor so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,
2 Kings
History / JeremiahI am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Exodus
LawAnd Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.
2 Kings
HistoryWhen Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
John
Gospels / JohnLet them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.
Exodus
LawYe shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThat the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
Joshua
HistoryAnd rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
Luke
Gospels / LukeNow Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard, saying,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?
Acts
HistoryIn the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.
John
GospelsAnd, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus' feet, and besought him that he would come into his house:
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.
Mark
GospelsThe sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonIf David then call him Lord, how is he his son?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
Genesis
Law / MosesThe word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsTake great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsHusbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulWhen I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.