And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesNow set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same.
Exodus
LawI would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
Job
WisdomThou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWhoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me?
Mark
GospelsAnd the LORD said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the people, that they may go in and possess the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give unto them.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the other issued out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.
Joshua
HistoryAnd when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him.
Mark
GospelsAnd he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd he made the table of shittim wood: two cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof:
Exodus
Law / MosesAll things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
John
GospelsThis is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsCircumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesO LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThen I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
Genesis
LawIn the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and brought me thither.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsRejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonFree among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
Psalms
PoetryAlso can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?