And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts,
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
Acts
History / LukeThen answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.
1 Samuel
HistoryJoseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made;
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.
Acts
HistoryAnd I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosThey fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraIf thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Beth-lehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.
1 Kings
HistoryI have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;
Isaiah
Major ProphetsLet the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
Psalms
PoetryI am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulArabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they thy merchants.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsOf the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner:
1 Chronicles
HistoryHappy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThe voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd lo Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the city.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahShechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,