He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
Job
Wisdom / JobO LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;
Mark
Gospels / MarkI say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:
1 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThe porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, an hundred thirty and eight.
Nehemiah
HistoryWith gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king's palace.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones:
1 Kings
HistoryGod is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.
Psalms
PoetryAnd by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Judah.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielI do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanMy son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBut I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greet the friends by name.
3 John
General EpistlesAnd blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
Genesis
Law / MosesEgypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelThough hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
Proverbs
WisdomEven the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: