But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:
Psalms
PoetryAnd the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid:
Joshua
HistoryTherefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened?
John
GospelsThen the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.
Luke
Gospels / LukeTheir knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold.
Exodus
LawAnd wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahTherefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.
Acts
HistoryAnd Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!
Genesis
LawFor they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.
Judges
HistoryYe shall not offer unto the LORD that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make any offering thereof in your land.
Leviticus
LawI have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
2 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulTurn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.
Deuteronomy
LawFor sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulThe grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulUpon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesIron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.
Job
Wisdom / JobHe turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAs I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you:
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAsk me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.
Genesis
LawAnd in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.