And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThat ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
Philippians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.
Leviticus
LawWhen they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.
Luke
Gospels / LukeBut I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?
Judges
History(For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)
1 John
General Epistles / JohnAnd let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.
Exodus
Law / MosesShe girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
Proverbs
WisdomSurely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
Proverbs
WisdomSome also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahUpon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.
Acts
HistoryAnd Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD.
1 Kings
HistoryHow forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
Job
WisdomHe that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.
Nahum
Minor ProphetsAnd Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,
Mark
GospelsAnd she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd many spread their garments in the way: and others cut down branches off the trees, and strawed them in the way.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing:
Daniel
Major ProphetsThen thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.