And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and revenged himself upon them;
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielO God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
Psalms
PoetryAnd it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the LORD.
2 Chronicles
HistoryMoreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsSo that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsIf thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonFor truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.
Job
WisdomAnd there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him.
1 Samuel
HistoryFlee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesIn the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.
Genesis
Law / MosesBut thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
Deuteronomy
LawIsrael also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd, behold, the man clothed with linen, which had the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsOpening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.
Acts
History / LukeAnd Herod said, John have I beheaded: but who is this, of whom I hear such things? And he desired to see him.
Luke
Gospels / LukeMoreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsHe stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets / HabakkukAnd Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
Numbers
LawAnd Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the ordinance of David king of Israel.
Ezra
History / EzraThe sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersMy beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of En-gedi.