And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
Proverbs
WisdomHis flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.
Job
WisdomAlso twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly received him: for they were all waiting for him.
Luke
GospelsHe opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
Psalms
PoetryThe incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the LORD remember them, and came it not into his mind?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets(Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
Jonah
Minor Prophets / JonahAnd the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father's house:
Genesis
LawBehold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.
Judges
HistoryHow long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost coast.
Numbers
LawThen came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the LORD had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the LORD'S house; and said to all the people,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables;
John
GospelsAnd this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
Ecclesiastes
WisdomNeither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts against it round about.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThat I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsFor, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.
Genesis
Law / MosesThe LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.