But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto?
Joshua
HistoryBut a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him.
Luke
Gospels / LukeWhat is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesI will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThere shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnFor of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBut the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulMoreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThose that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis
LawAnd he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Pharaoh-nechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,
Acts
HistoryAnd Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
Exodus
Law / MosesI will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsWoe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
Ecclesiastes
WisdomIf his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD.
Leviticus
Law / MosesYet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
Malachi
Minor ProphetsFor thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will deliver thee into the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thy mind is alienated:
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielTo turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!
Isaiah
Major ProphetsSo they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.