And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomFor I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBut whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
John
GospelsSo he offered upon the altar which he had made in Beth-el the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.
1 Kings
HistoryLet your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
Luke
Gospels / LukeThat the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.
Numbers
LawThen there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanFor they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesThen thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand:
Deuteronomy
LawAnd said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.
Luke
GospelsAnd he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
Exodus
LawYe shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.
1 Kings
HistoryErastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick.
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesAnd when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd would to God this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out.
Judges
HistoryAnd their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.
Genesis
Law / MosesSo Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, obeyed not the voice of the LORD, to dwell in the land of Judah.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahWho coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
Matthew
GospelsYe shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
Exodus
LawAnd he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.