So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it.
Deuteronomy
LawFor the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small:
2 Chronicles
History / EzraA king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThen he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahAnd the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelYet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
Exodus
LawThe LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
Psalms
PoetryThe eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersNow therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThen judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pi-hahiroth, which is before Baal-zephon: and they pitched before Migdol.
Numbers
Law / MosesThen David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon's house, and dress him meat.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets / HabakkukThe Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahThe blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.