And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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(And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
Luke
Gospels / LukeThat the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.
1 Kings
HistoryWherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesAnd these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnnas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
Luke
GospelsAnd I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThe sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.
Deuteronomy
LawYour fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.
Acts
HistoryNow a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.
Exodus
LawThe rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahNow the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.
Ezra
HistorySo the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob;
Matthew
GospelsThen Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahWhat man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
Luke
Gospels / LukeWherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father's house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?
Judges
History / SamuelYet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielWherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
Lamentations
Major ProphetsIn the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.