For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water.
Leviticus
LawFor the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the LORD answered thee? and, What hath the LORD spoken?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
Titus
Pauline EpistlesHear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBut when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,
Acts
HistoryAnd the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.
Judges
History / SamuelCanst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
Job
WisdomAnd he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahAnd the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water:
Numbers
LawAnd by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west side, Zebulun a portion.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsI have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.
Luke
GospelsAnd Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the LORD, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well.
Numbers
Law / MosesThe chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him.
Acts
HistoryAnd Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me?
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThen Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,
Esther
History / MordecaiFurthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraWhere is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,
Exodus
LawIf his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;