And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelOn the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.
Acts
HistoryThe first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielI have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.
John
GospelsAnd I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and thy remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.
1 Chronicles
HistoryJesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
John
Gospels / JohnTake us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
Solomon's Song
PoetryAnd cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.
Mark
Gospels / MarkFor now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:
Deuteronomy
LawAnd God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.
Genesis
Law / MosesThen shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewIn thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielIt is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
Mark
GospelsNow it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
Ruth
HistoryHear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThe LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
Psalms
PoetryAnd in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.
Acts
History / LukeAnd when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own house.