And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever.
Micah
Minor ProphetsSo shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsHowbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.
John
GospelsAnd again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewFor as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.
Exodus
LawAnd there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahO LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sons of Azel.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahSo shall Beth-el do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahHear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
Genesis
LawHatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
Proverbs
WisdomHow long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersOf Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.
Numbers
LawFor I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersI ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielThen Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.
Exodus
Law / MosesBut that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.