But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.
2 Kings
HistoryLikewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahSalvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.
Psalms
PoetryYe shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.
Deuteronomy
LawThe robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them.
Mark
GospelsMoreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:
Deuteronomy
LawAnd Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
Numbers
LawAnd prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.
Genesis
LawOne generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.
Psalms
PoetryAgain, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewGive therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?
1 Kings
HistoryThus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBe surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
Psalms
PoetryShe hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBut his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
Psalms
PoetryIt was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles.
Luke
Gospels / LukeHurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThe heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
Proverbs
WisdomIniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.