And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD.
Psalms
PoetryThe word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelI am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonMany a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
Psalms
PoetryAnd their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were chief of the fathers in the house of their fathers.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThe sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying,
1 Kings
HistoryThen the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBehold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
Job
WisdomFor the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
John
GospelsBut the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubile.
Leviticus
Law / MosesNevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:
1 Kings
HistoryVerily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
John
GospelsYour words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?
Malachi
Minor ProphetsFor now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThe mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
Nahum
Minor Prophets / NahumAnd all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia:
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahA wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
Proverbs
WisdomFor thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not?
Luke
GospelsBut Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?