No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThe law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
Psalms
PoetryIssachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
Exodus
LawAnd the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
Numbers
Law / MosesThey have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goeth to the battle: for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThey set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
Psalms
PoetryJohn answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
Luke
Gospels / LukeBut is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesOn the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the children of Zebulun, did offer:
Numbers
LawI will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets / HabakkukCast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.
Job
Wisdom / JobTherefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt them on the altar upon the burnt offering: they were consecrations for a sweet savour: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
Leviticus
Law / MosesThe Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.
John
Gospels / JohnCommand the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.
Leviticus
LawAnd the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:
Judges
HistoryThough an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelProvide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.
Genesis
LawTherefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.