I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain.
Exodus
LawThe ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
1 Chronicles
HistorySo also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee.
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over Jordan before the king.
2 Samuel
HistoryI taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd they removed the burnt offerings, that they might give according to the divisions of the families of the people, to offer unto the LORD, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so did they with the oxen.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraBecause of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor in the land.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBut all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests?
Acts
HistoryBut verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersForasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;
1 Kings
HistoryBut while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewNow the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis
LawFor I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?
Acts
HistoryI have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThese were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraBut the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people: because he brought not the offering of the LORD in his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.
Numbers
Law / MosesTherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThe LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
Proverbs
WisdomThere was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them.