And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee?
Judges
History / SamuelAnd if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:
Luke
GospelsAnd his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife in Kadesh, and to the river toward the great sea.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
Luke
GospelsIn what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Leviticus
LawSaying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.
Acts
HistoryAnd it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.
1 Kings
History(Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:)
John
Gospels / JohnMy soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.
Psalms
PoetryHe went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThen one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, which had stolen them from the street of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:
2 Samuel
HistoryHe ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraWhen thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them.
Exodus
LawMy son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:
Genesis
LawAnd he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.