But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.
Ruth
HistoryAnd when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.
Mark
Gospels / MarkI will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahHear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.
Acts
History / LukeThou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he brought also the brasen altar, which was before the LORD, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahBut Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the way before them was like the appearance of the chambers which were toward the north, as long as they, and as broad as they: and all their goings out were both according to their fashions, and according to their doors.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThat led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsIf I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
Job
Wisdom / JobThy name, O LORD, endureth for ever; and thy memorial, O LORD, throughout all generations.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end to the other.
Exodus
LawAnd many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.
Genesis
LawBut Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites:
Deuteronomy
LawAnd upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them.
Acts
History / LukeTake that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewWhich he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,