Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I am the LORD.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
Matthew
GospelsWhen thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonTherefore David enquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAwake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahWherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.
Job
Wisdom / JobFor thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Psalms
PoetryBut the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
1 Samuel
HistoryThe sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim.
Numbers
Law / MosesBehold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
1 Kings
HistoryNow if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahHath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
John
GospelsFor it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face,
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesWhen the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple:
Matthew
GospelsBut I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulGavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things; because it is his food.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.
Acts
History / LukeAnd the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,
John
GospelsFor though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThe righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.