And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBe not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonIra an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite,
2 Samuel
HistoryOne young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
Numbers
Law / MosesBecause it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
Mark
GospelsHer princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
Zephaniah
Minor Prophets / Zephaniah(For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)
Numbers
LawThinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?
Job
Wisdom / JobWhere wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
Job
WisdomFor he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him.
1 Kings
HistoryBut he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying,
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahThey said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.
Psalms
PoetryMy strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.
Acts
HistoryAs the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts; so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
Judges
HistoryOf this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, with five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.