And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulSome fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:
Matthew
GospelsAnd he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.
Genesis
Law / Moses(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)
Psalms
PoetryAnd when Felix heard these things, having more perfect knowledge of that way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will know the uttermost of your matter.
Acts
HistoryThe wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsSo the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
Jonah
Minor Prophets / JonahThen shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem go, and cry unto the gods unto whom they offer incense: but they shall not save them at all in the time of their trouble.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahI have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him,
Luke
GospelsThey are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Psalms
PoetryAnd all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
2 Chronicles
HistoryJudge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.
Leviticus
Law / MosesThey send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
Job
WisdomWithin two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the LORD'S house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAs a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.
Solomon's Song
PoetryAnd he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.
1 Kings
HistoryThus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBut 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 Epistles / UnknownThus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the LORD of hosts.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahAnd it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.