And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.
Luke
GospelsAnd he shall put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not:
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.
Genesis
LawAnd he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesAnd a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
Luke
GospelsAnd said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king's provinces:
Esther
HistoryMoses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThe sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite,
1 Chronicles
HistoryAn heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonLet every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesBetter is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomThen the tribe of Naphtali: and the captain of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan.
Numbers
Law / MosesFor the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBut the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered after him.
Judges
History / SamuelNow when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant!
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanIn that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsBless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pound of silver.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahThe children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraPeradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
Genesis
Law / MosesLet the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found.