And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThat the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
Genesis
Law / MosesSaying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame.
2 Samuel
HistoryBlessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.
1 Kings
HistoryBut now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelHe that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
Proverbs
WisdomThe LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
Acts
History / LukeAfter these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias.
John
Gospels / JohnIn that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.
Luke
Gospels / LukeNow therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.
Genesis
LawBehold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
Job
WisdomWho ought to have been here before thee, and object, if they had ought against me.
Acts
History / LukeNotwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesIn those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
Esther
HistoryTherefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.
Daniel
Major ProphetsMarvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
John
Gospels / JohnAnd when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:
Acts
History / LukeDo ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesFor the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHe stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof.