Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Nehemiah
HistoryIf thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.
Matthew
GospelsWherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.
Acts
History / LukeAnd above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
1 Peter
General EpistlesAnd Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the people of the LORD thy God.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesHe weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersTherefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman.
Ruth
HistoryLet the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.
Exodus
Law / MosesForasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosIf I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king hath said.
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulI the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonKeep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Psalms
PoetryAnd ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house.
Luke
Gospels / LukeWhy should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father.
Numbers
Law / MosesConcerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is an homer of ten baths; for ten baths are an homer:
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.