And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring: for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.
Esther
History / MordecaiThen he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThey shall also strip thee out of thy clothes, and take away thy fair jewels.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielSo David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.
2 Samuel
HistoryThey were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsGo and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersI have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonAnd next him was Jehozabad, and with him an hundred and fourscore thousand ready prepared for the war.
2 Chronicles
HistorySo David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
2 Samuel
HistoryThe wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
Proverbs
WisdomBut by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesIn those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts:
2 Chronicles
HistoryFor it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
2 Peter
General Epistles / PeterThe sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesThen answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
Exodus
LawAnd it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahNow I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days.
Daniel
Major ProphetsMoreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahAnd when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.