And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
Psalms
PoetryBut the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that thou succour us out of the city.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAs it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulSaying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
Esther
History / MordecaiForty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
Job
Wisdom / JobNotwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the LORD of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto the LORD.
Leviticus
LawFirst, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.
1 Kings
HistoryNow I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.
John
Gospels / JohnI go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;
1 Kings
HistoryAnd he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.
Genesis
Law / MosesFor laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelNow 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 EpistlesThere went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
Psalms
PoetryFor the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBut Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:
1 Samuel
History / SamuelWhen they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.
Luke
GospelsOf Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side: