And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim.
Joshua
HistoryThey have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD saith: and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsRejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThen Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
2 Samuel
HistoryWhen thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither.
1 Kings
HistoryA nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesHis glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.
Acts
History / LukeWhoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThe fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
Revelation
ApocalypticO the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsIf a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
Luke
GospelsAnd it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
1 Samuel
HistoryYea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsWhere no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
Genesis
LawAnd the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.