But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonShall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And he saith, Master, say on.
Luke
GospelsNow therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hand.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers
Law / MosesSo shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahIf I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
Job
WisdomNow Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met him.
John
GospelsAnd even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulLying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
Proverbs
WisdomSo Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
Genesis
LawThe singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsHe breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
Job
Wisdom / JobOught ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples,
Matthew
GospelsThine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
Psalms
PoetryBecause my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the priests' custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-birei, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.