No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them.
Judges
HistoryThe fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.
Psalms
PoetryBut we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThe waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
Revelation
ApocalypticHear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsHer princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsAnd Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.
1 Chronicles
HistoryForty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.
Leviticus
Law / MosesThe word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.
1 Samuel
HistoryMy knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWho came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number, I say, of the men of the people of Israel was this;
Nehemiah
HistoryExalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy.
Psalms
PoetryBy faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownAnd the way of peace have they not known:
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.
Genesis
LawHe hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
Luke
Gospels / LukeHe hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
Job
WisdomBehold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the LORD? let it come now.