And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.
Job
WisdomAnd the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a trespass offering.
Leviticus
LawAnd Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.
Genesis
LawYea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:
Habakkuk
Minor ProphetsAnd they did so, and made them all sit down.
Luke
GospelsThe lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again through the people from Beer-sheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the LORD God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraBlessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersOr else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.
Luke
GospelsNow I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.
Acts
HistoryBut if the priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father's meat: but there shall no stranger eat thereof.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was Mark.
Acts
HistoryThen said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there not with you, even with you, sins against the LORD your God?
2 Chronicles
History / EzraYea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThirty basons of gold, silver basons of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahArise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
Jonah
Minor Prophets / JonahAnd Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahFor no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: