And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: intreat for me.
Exodus
LawBe thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBut they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThe mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai from before the LORD God of Israel.
Judges
History / SamuelBut Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThen the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielSeek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosThen I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
Ezra
HistoryHave mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
Psalms
PoetryAnd it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelBut thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd they went from Mithcah, and pitched in Hashmonah.
Numbers
LawAnd he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin: but he walked therein.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.
2 Chronicles
HistoryHear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsThe horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThen Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,
Exodus
Law / MosesThou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsTake thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesI hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.