If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
Scripture to anchor the day. Search by book, person, theme, or keyword.
Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went forward smiting the Moabites, even in their country.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
1 Kings
HistorySpeak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
Genesis
LawThus saith the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are round about her.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielTrust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
Matthew
GospelsAnd when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.
1 Kings
HistoryAlso he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people.
Esther
HistoryThe LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.
John
GospelsFrom the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler of the treasures.
1 Chronicles
HistoryNow these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
Genesis
Law / MosesO Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
Daniel
Major ProphetsThe thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraFor there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Psalms
PoetryAnd they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
1 Chronicles
HistoryNow David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelFor her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.