And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.
Obadiah
Minor ProphetsAgain, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonFor he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
2 Kings
HistoryWhen the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Job
WisdomMoreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHe that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
Matthew
GospelsThat which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.
Genesis
LawAnd Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan-aram; and pitched his tent before the city.
Genesis
LawAnd four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth.
Genesis
Law / MosesFor the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
Proverbs
WisdomDraw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
Psalms
PoetryIn the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.
Exodus
LawAs he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.
Proverbs
WisdomWill he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThe wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the LORD said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning all the ordinances of the house of the LORD, and all the laws thereof; and mark well the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThe word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsTake, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
James
General EpistlesAnd after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraHamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazar-hatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.