And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
Solomon's Song
PoetryYea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced Job, or that answered his words:
Job
Wisdom / JobIf mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;
Job
Wisdom / JobI told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare:
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesHe that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThe watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsOne young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them that were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols she defiled herself.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd these were the chief of king Solomon's officers, even two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThen Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Ben-hadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,
1 Kings
History / JeremiahParthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
Acts
HistoryAlso I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsSaying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownThou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.
Deuteronomy
LawHe built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThe voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.
Psalms
PoetryAnd there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing.