(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
Proverbs
WisdomHe that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
John
GospelsConsiderest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesThen said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?
John
Gospels / JohnAnd the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;
Acts
History / LukeServing the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:
Acts
History / LukeThe children of Zattu, nine hundred forty and five.
Ezra
History / EzraBecause, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered morter:
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielSamaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the LORD; and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.
Leviticus
LawSo Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd they went from Hor-hagidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah.
Numbers
LawThey return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBlessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersNight and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?
1 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahHe that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonI have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.