My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake.
Psalms
PoetryYet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or their's.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahYet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, even over against his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabniah.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahFor thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.
Acts
History / LukeAt the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died.
1 Samuel
HistoryFor which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulThen the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
Genesis
LawThen the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them.
Ezra
History / EzraMy son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
Proverbs
WisdomJesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
John
GospelsLet this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesAs a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonMore to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
Esther
HistoryAnd Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraTherefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBut whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonMoreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and compelled Judah thereto.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThat thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.