Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;
Judges
History / SamuelBut after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahDiscretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
Proverbs
WisdomBut when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue; then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.
Leviticus
LawAnd the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley:
Deuteronomy
LawDearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
1 Peter
General EpistlesAnd when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives.
Judges
HistoryHe shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space;
Acts
History / LukeHis eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
Genesis
Law / MosesGo ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come.
John
GospelsThey shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.
Psalms
PoetryLet thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
Psalms
Poetry(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesThe one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even:
Exodus
LawThen it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraCometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulThen they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel.