And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.
Amos
Minor ProphetsBehold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.
1 Chronicles
HistoryThorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
Proverbs
WisdomTo confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.
Esther
History / MordecaiEvery male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it is most holy.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it:
Numbers
LawThen ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesHodijah, Hashum, Bezai,
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahTherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielMoreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah;
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahThy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThen was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David's son?
Luke
GospelsAnd Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king?
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahGrace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesAnd, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and no hurt; as the LORD liveth.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelBut they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son,
1 Chronicles
HistoryAll thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.