And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
Ecclesiastes
WisdomCorrect thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonHe shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
Job
WisdomThe way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
Proverbs
WisdomWhere is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid?
Nahum
Minor Prophets / NahumWherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThen the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is unclean.
Leviticus
LawWhat shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou wouldest bring down Paul to morrow into the council, as though they would enquire somewhat of him more perfectly.
Acts
HistoryAnd the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanLet them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWith thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsI will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.
Ezra
HistoryAnd they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.
2 Chronicles
HistoryTwo tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one against another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
Exodus
LawFor I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
Malachi
Minor Prophets / Malachi(But he shall have one tribe for my servant David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:)
1 Kings
HistoryO Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
Matthew
GospelsSaying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnFor thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
Isaiah
Major ProphetsTherefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.