And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahA man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.
Acts
History / LukeAnd it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.
1 Kings
HistoryO inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, which was the rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
Numbers
LawAnd it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;
Nehemiah
HistoryA prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
Proverbs
WisdomHear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
Psalms
PoetryI counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomMy flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
Psalms
PoetryIf a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots;
Leviticus
Law / MosesYe are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
John
GospelsBut if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.
John
Gospels / JohnMoreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.
Nehemiah
HistoryBe not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonThey, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.
Numbers
LawIssachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel:
Exodus
LawSeeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
2 Peter
General Epistles / PeterAnd when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelTherefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.