And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSo all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David king over Israel.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.
Leviticus
LawAnd the priest that maketh him clean shall present the man that is to be made clean, and those things, before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:
Leviticus
LawThus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.
Numbers
Law / MosesThe children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty and two.
Ezra
HistoryAnd hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
1 John
General EpistlesAnd he arose, and departed to his house.
Matthew
GospelsSo Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThere are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.
Luke
GospelsThou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine:
Deuteronomy
LawAnd the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.
Genesis
LawBut the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
James
General Epistles / JamesThen said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
Luke
GospelsFor if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
Romans
Pauline EpistlesThough ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosThen Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation.
Daniel
Major ProphetsLikewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAre they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulLet the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
Job
Wisdom / JobA wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomThe standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the north side by their armies: and the captain of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
Numbers
LawHear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.