No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThen Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you.
Exodus
Law / MosesFor all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of Shiloni.
Nehemiah
HistoryEnter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewSo Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.
Matthew
GospelsAnd these went into Micah's house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye?
Judges
History / SamuelAnd they removed from Makheloth, and encamped at Tahath.
Numbers
Law / MosesFor the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahHe said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of God.
Luke
GospelsBut when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole.
Luke
GospelsAnd it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times.
Joshua
History / JoshuaThere is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor.
Nahum
Minor ProphetsMoreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThen hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThose that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
Genesis
LawHe that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
Psalms
PoetryThe children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five.
Ezra
HistoryAnd for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur.
Numbers
LawAnd the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out.
Judges
History / SamuelThirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.