He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.
Hebrews
General EpistlesNeither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days.
Joshua
History / JoshuaWherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsWho shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof:
1 Chronicles
HistoryWhy abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
Judges
History / SamuelWho knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAlthough thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
Job
WisdomWhen thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonFor the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
Psalms
PoetryO Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.
Exodus
Law / MosesOnly in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.
Exodus
LawAnd my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahOnly the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which he commanded Joshua.
Joshua
History / JoshuaThen I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThen he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
Nehemiah
HistoryDo not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
Numbers
LawAnd the space in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the LORD sware unto them.