But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, sister's son to Barnabas, (touching whom ye received commandments: if he come unto you, receive him;)
Colossians
Pauline EpistlesAnd Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith the LORD: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.
Ruth
HistoryHe caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done.
Judges
History / SamuelAgain, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.
Matthew
GospelsThey shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
Mark
Gospels / MarkBut now having no more place in these parts, and having a great desire these many years to come unto you;
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
Judges
HistoryAnd Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king's son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahPilate answered, What I have written I have written.
John
GospelsAnd Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
Genesis
LawAnd he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; but they did not so.
Judges
HistoryBut many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewNow no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.
2 Kings
HistoryHe beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.