But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.
Genesis
Law / MosesI have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
Genesis
LawBut in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanFear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnRejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
Leviticus
LawAs the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
John
GospelsThen said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king's seed, and of the princes;
Daniel
Major ProphetsThe fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonOnly take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBut now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
Luke
GospelsTherefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielHide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
Psalms
PoetryFear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?
Mark
GospelsFor thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnBut when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
Mark
GospelsI charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;