And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.
1 Kings
HistoryBecause he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
Job
WisdomWe roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanFor though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraWhere no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBut Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
Hebrews
General EpistlesThere shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonNow the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielYe shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
Leviticus
Law / MosesSeek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsIf any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulI counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Leviticus
LawAnd he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd Joshua smote them from Kadesh-barnea even unto Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon.
Joshua
HistoryNow unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulSon of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said unto thee, What doest thou?
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsIf the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
Job
WisdomAnd Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?
Exodus
Law / MosesBehold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay.
Job
Wisdom / JobThen said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.