And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.
Job
Wisdom / JobThe horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsLet thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy.
Psalms
PoetryHear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
Psalms
PoetryAnd this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest.
2 Chronicles
HistorySharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
Psalms
PoetryThe sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.
1 Chronicles
HistoryIt was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThen said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahLet his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice,
1 Kings
HistoryAnd all the people went over Jordan. And when the king was come over, the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his own place.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanBecause thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done this thing unto thee this day.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd over the course of the second month was Dodai an Ahohite, and of his course was Mikloth also the ruler: in his course likewise were twenty and four thousand.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd every man went unto his own house.
John
Gospels / JohnLo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into the camp.
Leviticus
Law / MosesOne kid of the goats for a sin offering:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring: