And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
James
General EpistlesBehold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
Psalms
PoetryAll things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonNeither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself.
Amos
Minor ProphetsWho is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonFor in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsIf thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
Proverbs
WisdomSeven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.
Psalms
PoetryBut unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.
Genesis
LawAnd he made curtains of goats' hair for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them.
Exodus
Law / MosesWherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesAnd the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
Exodus
LawAnd Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon,
1 Chronicles
HistoryFor this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsNeither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahOh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
Psalms
PoetrySay among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.
Psalms
PoetryAnd God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
Genesis
Law / MosesReuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites:
Numbers
LawSaying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesBy the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.