But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraBe not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelLike as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsFor brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,
Hebrews
General EpistlesNevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBut the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
Acts
History / LukeAs for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsI will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.
Psalms
PoetryUnto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
Genesis
LawLet the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulO LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
Psalms
PoetryThus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsHer house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
Proverbs
WisdomWhy do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThat ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesThou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.
Joshua
History / JoshuaBut I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the LORD your God, which have separated you from other people.
Leviticus
LawHe hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
Numbers
LawAnd David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.