And his father in law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the LORD thy God.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAll her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for I am become vile.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsAnd this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;
John
Gospels / JohnSurely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesFor what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesTurn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him.
Luke
Gospels / LukeHow much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
Proverbs
WisdomBut I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings.
2 Samuel
HistoryHow is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
Matthew
GospelsIf thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.
Genesis
LawFor it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
Psalms
PoetryAnd then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people.
Acts
History / LukeAnd the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
Exodus
Law / MosesAfter him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Beth-zur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty.