And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the LORD this day, which hath given unto David a wise son over this great people.
1 Kings
HistoryYe fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewHe that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonDeliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
Psalms
PoetryAmong these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraBow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
Psalms
PoetryAnd it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and no man knew it,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
Acts
History / LukeWhen thou hast made an end of cleansing it, thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
Revelation
ApocalypticFor there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
Job
WisdomFor the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.
Luke
GospelsAnd he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him:
Exodus
Law / MosesThe mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.
Solomon's Song
PoetryAnd why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
Matthew
GospelsAnd it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
Genesis
LawThat the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
Judges
HistoryI will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.
Psalms
PoetryHear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThat which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
John
Gospels / JohnYe eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.