A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren;
1 Samuel
History / SamuelNow when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.
Daniel
Major ProphetsI will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAs the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
Solomon's Song
PoetryI have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
Genesis
Law / MosesAlso Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
Esther
HistoryAnd he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
Genesis
LawAnd the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth-shemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth-shemesh.
1 Samuel
HistoryHe that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulHe that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.
Genesis
LawAnd Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
Genesis
LawTherefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.
Amos
Minor ProphetsHow much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
Job
WisdomWives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesOn the eighth day offered Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of the children of Manasseh:
Numbers
LawNor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:
1 Kings
HistoryWhoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when he had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide was come, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve.
Mark
Gospels / MarkI have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
Job
WisdomAs the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up: