And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.
Exodus
Law / MosesNow this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesFor thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsEven all that the LORD hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day that the LORD commanded Moses, and henceforward among your generations;
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.
Judges
HistoryIn like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.
Numbers
LawSo there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again.
2 Kings
HistoryDo ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
Job
WisdomTill we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesIf I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
Psalms
PoetryTherefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.
Acts
HistoryAnd Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
2 Kings
HistoryTherefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The LORD is able to give thee much more than this.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraIn God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersShall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets / HabakkukAnd that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahGod having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownTo receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Elisha came to Damascus; and Ben-hadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.