And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThen say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD, The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsI loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
Job
WisdomThy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.
Solomon's Song
PoetryBehold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.
Solomon's Song
PoetrySo she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahIn the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty and one years.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahFor oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward; one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielI should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsHe believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
Job
Wisdom / JobBut even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Luke
GospelsAs the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
John
Gospels / JohnPaul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;
1 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulAccording to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem.
Judges
HistoryAnd Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThe LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us:
1 Kings
HistoryAnd the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things: