And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:
Mark
GospelsMy soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
Exodus
Law / MosesBehold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahI will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.
Genesis
LawAnd Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
Genesis
LawThe range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
Job
WisdomEvery day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.
Psalms
PoetryAnd it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out.
Genesis
Law / MosesBut I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;
Luke
Gospels / LukeYe shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.
Exodus
LawAnd he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.
2 Kings
HistoryThis is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most High, which is come upon my lord the king:
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that be of the seed of Zadok, which approach unto me, to minister unto me, saith the Lord GOD, a young bullock for a sin offering.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThere they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.
Judges
HistoryAlso they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place unto the God of Israel.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThe Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all people.
Esther
HistoryI 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 ProphetsThou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee:
Deuteronomy
LawBut he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
John
GospelsHow sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!