For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
Nehemiah
HistoryI will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersTherefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of the people in the LORD'S house upon the fasting day: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were upon the pillars.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraWhich was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.
Acts
HistoryAnd Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;
Genesis
Law / MosesThey shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.
Exodus
LawAlso the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering unto the LORD.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.
Numbers
Law / MosesThen saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.
John
GospelsAnd she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelNow my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
Job
WisdomIt is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
Proverbs
WisdomHast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
Job
WisdomThis is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
Acts
History / LukeAnd the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.
1 Kings
HistoryI have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThe which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBut in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
Mark
Gospels / MarkHowbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever.