And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
Job
Wisdom / JobAs it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownNay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD'S people to transgress.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.
Exodus
Law / MosesI have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
Psalms
PoetryAnd when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out?
Mark
GospelsThe vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThey have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahWhilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsWho hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
2 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulThen said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.
John
GospelsWhether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThey that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsEither his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be able, he may redeem himself.
Leviticus
LawI will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
Psalms
PoetryThen said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.
John
GospelsAnd after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain.
Nehemiah
HistoryThe rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.
Matthew
GospelsBlessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.