And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham.
Genesis
LawThe LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.
1 Samuel
HistoryThey make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsBut as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet fear the LORD God.
Exodus
LawNow I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesThere was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
John
Gospels / JohnBehold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed.
Acts
HistoryThou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.
Leviticus
LawNow there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
Genesis
Law / MosesEnter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
Psalms
PoetryWhy do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
John
GospelsAnd Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.
Joshua
HistoryFor when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownAnd all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.
Numbers
Law / MosesTill he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings.
Exodus
LawAnd he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it.