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Bible Verses About love – Psalms 127:2
[It is] vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: [for] so he giveth his beloved sleep.
Bible Verses About love – Samuel-1 18:28
And Saul saw and knew that the LORD [was] with David, and [that] Michal Saul’s daughter loved him.
Bible Scriptures – John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
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Bible Verses About love – Song-of-Solomon 5:10
My loved one is white and red, the chief among ten thousand.
Bible Verses About love – 2-Corinthians 8:7
And that as you are full of every good thing, of faith, of the word, of knowledge, of a ready mind, and of love to us, so you may be full of this grace in the same way.
Bible Verses About mede – Daniel 11:1
And as for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede I was on his side to make his position safe and make him strong.
Bible Verses About law – Nehemiah 10:36
As well as the first of our sons and of our cattle, as it is recorded in the law, and the first lambs of our herds and of our flocks, which are to be taken to the house of our God, to the priests who are servants in the house of our God:
Bible Verses About division – Psalms 60:6
God has said in his holy place, I will be glad: I will make a division of Shechem, and the valley of Succoth will be measured out.
Bible Verses About eliezer – Ezra 8:16
Then I sent for Eliezer and Ariel and Shemaiah and Elnathan Jarib and Elnathan and Nathan and Zechariah and Meshullam, all responsible men; and for Joiarib and Elnathan, who were wise men.
Bible Verses About dressed – 2-Chronicles 18:9
Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, were seated on their seats of authority, dressed in their robes, by the doorway into Samaria; and all the prophets were acting as prophets before them.
Bible Verses About ishma – 1-Chronicles 1:30
Mishma and Dumah, Massa, Hadad and Tema,
Bible Verses About uzza – 2-Samuel 6:7
And the wrath of the Lord, burning against Uzzah, sent destruction on him because he had put his hand on the ark, and death came to him there by the ark of God.
Bible Verses About covered – Ezekiel 40:16
And the rooms and their uprights had sloping windows inside the doorway all round, and in the same way the covered way had windows all round on the inside: and on every upright there were palm-trees.
Bible Verses About ploughing – Genesis 45:6
For these two years have been years of need, and there are still five more years to come in which there will be no ploughing or cutting of grain.
Bible Verses About sort – Romans 3:27
What reason, then, is there for pride? It is shut out. By what sort of law? of works? No, but by a law of faith.
Bible Verses About uncovering – Job 12:22
Uncovering deep things out of the dark, and making the deep shade bright;
Bible Verses About sela – Psalms 39:11
By the weight of your wrath against man’s sin, the glory of his form is wasted away; truly every man is but a breath. (Selah.)
Bible Verses About gazelle – Deuteronomy 15:22
It may be used for food in your houses: the unclean and the clean may take of it, as of the gazelle and the roe.
Bible Verses About egyptians – Exodus 14:4
And I will make Pharaoh’s heart hard, and he will come after them and I will be honoured over Pharaoh and all his army, so that the Egyptians may see that I am the Lord. And they did so.
Bible Verses About powers – Psalms 139:6
Such knowledge is a wonder greater than my powers; it is so high that I may not come near it.
Bible Verses About woods – Isaiah 9:18
For evil was burning like a fire; the blackberries and thorns were burned up; the thick woods took fire, rolling up in dark clouds of smoke.
Bible Verses About ramah – 1-Samuel 2:11
Then Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child became the servant of the Lord under the direction of Eli the priest.
Bible Verses About reu – Numbers 16:1
Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Pallu, the son of Reuben, made themselves ready,
Bible Verses About month – 2-Chronicles 29:17
On the first day of the first month the work of making the house holy was started, and on the eighth day they came to the covered way of the Lord; in eight days they made the Lord’s house holy, and on the sixteenth day of the first month the work was done.
Bible Verses About unmarried – 1-Corinthians 7:11
(Or if she goes away from him, let her keep unmarried, or be united to her husband again); and that the husband may not go away from his wife.
Bible Verses About visions – 1-Chronicles 26:1
For the divisions of the door-keepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah, the son of Kore, of the sons of Ebiasaph.
Bible Verses About money – Proverbs 20:14
A poor thing, a poor thing, says he who is giving money for goods: but when he has gone on his way, then he makes clear his pride in what he has got.
Bible Verses About strength – 1-Samuel 2:4
The bows of the men of war are broken, and the feeble are clothed with strength.
Bible Verses About anger – 2-Kings 14:10
It is true that you have overcome Edom and your heart is uplifted; let that glory be enough for you, and keep in your country; why do you make causes of trouble, putting yourself, and Judah with you, in danger of downfall?
Bible Verses About prayer – Job 21:15
What is the Ruler of all, that we may give him worship? and what profit is it to us to make prayer to him?
Bible Verses About heaven – 2-Kings 7:19
And that captain said to the man of God, Even if the Lord made windows in heaven, would such a thing be possible? And he said to him, Your eyes will see it, but you will not have a taste of the food.
Bible Verses About joy – Luke 1:44
For, truly, when the sound of your voice came to my ears, the baby in my body made a sudden move for joy.
Bible Verses About worship – Deuteronomy 13:2
And the sign or the wonder takes place, and he says to you, Let us go after other gods, which are strange to you, and give them worship;
Bible Verses About hope – Hebrews 12:5
And you have not kept in mind the word which says to you as to sons, My son, do not make little of the Lord’s punishment, and do not give up hope when you are judged by him;
Bible Verses About husbands – Jeremiah 44:19
And the women said, When we were burning perfumes to the queen of heaven and draining out drink offerings to her, did we make cakes in her image and give her our drink offerings without the knowledge of our husbands?
Bible Verses About mothers – Mark 13:12
And brother will give up brother to death, and the father his child; and children will go against their fathers and mothers, and put them to death.
Bible Verses About life – 1-Samuel 7:15
And Samuel was judge of Israel all the days of his life.
Bible Verses About peace – Isaiah 48:18
If only you had given ear to my orders, then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the sea:
Bible Verses About wisdom – Revelation 7:12
So be it. Let blessing and glory and wisdom and praise and honour and power and strength be given to our God for ever and ever. So be it.
Bible Verses About baptism – John 4:2
(Though, in fact, it was his disciples who gave baptism, not Jesus himself),
Bible Verses About faith – 1-Thessalonians 2:10
You are witnesses, with God, how holy and upright and free from all evil was our way of life among you who have faith;
Bible Verses About grace – Isaiah 60:10
And men from strange countries will be building up your walls, and their kings will be your servants: for in my wrath I sent punishment on you, but in my grace I have had mercy on you.
Bible Verses About birth – Genesis 38:28
And while she was in the act of giving birth, one of them put out his hand; and the woman who was with her put a red thread round his hand, saying, This one came out first.
Bible Verses About love – Psalms 119:167
My soul has kept your unchanging word; great is my love for it.
Bible Verses About tongue – Romans 3:13
Their throat is like an open place of death; with their tongues they have said what is not true: the poison of snakes is under their lips:
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Bible Verses About love – Corinthians-2 9:7
Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, [so let him give]; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
Bible Verses About joy – Job 29:13
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
Bible Verses About forgive – Psalms 25:18
Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.
Bible Verses About clean – Chronicles-2 29:18
Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have cleansed all the house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the showbread table, with all the vessels thereof.
Bible Verses About life – Luke 14:26
If any [man] come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
Bible Verses About husbands – Ephesians 5:25
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Bible Verses About fear – Proverbs 14:16
A wise [man] feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
Bible Verses About water – Samuel-1 26:16
This thing [is] not good that thou hast done. [As] the LORD liveth, ye [are] worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD’S anointed. And now see where the king’s spear [is], and the cruse of water that [was] at his bolster.
Bible Verses About lying – Psalms 109:2
For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
Bible Verses About courage – Deuteronomy 3:28
But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see.
Bible Verses About joint – Genesis 32:25
And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.
Bible Verses About ransom – Timothy-1 2:6
Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
Bible Verses About ewe – Genesis 21:29
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What [mean] these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
Bible Verses About equity – Isaiah 11:4
But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
Bible Verses About jethro – Exodus 18:2
Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,
Bible Verses About mephibosheth – Samuel-2 9:10
Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in [the fruits], that thy master’s son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master’s son shall eat bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
Bible Verses About exchange – Matthew 25:27
Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and [then] at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
Bible Verses About noble – Jeremiah 39:6
Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah.
Bible Verses About chosen – Kings-2 21:7
And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
Bible Verses About advance – Esther 3:1
After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that [were] with him.
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Bible Scriptures About ark – Mark 6:38
He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.
Bible Scriptures About destroyed – Esther 3:9
If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring [it] into the king’s treasuries.
Bible Scriptures About gilead – Amos 1:3
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:
Bible Scriptures About knew – Mark 15:10
For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy.
Bible Scriptures About neighbour – Exodus 3:22
But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put [them] upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.
Bible Scriptures About seek – Isaiah 1:17
Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Bible Scriptures About slew – Leviticus 9:18
He slew also the bullock and the ram [for] a sacrifice of peace offerings, which [was] for the people: and Aaron’s sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled upon the altar round about,
Bible Scriptures About returned – Luke 2:43
And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not [of it].
Bible Scriptures About times – Psalms 77:5
I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
Bible Scriptures About bread – Genesis 47:13
And [there was] no bread in all the land; for the famine [was] very sore, so that the land of Egypt and [all] the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
Bible Scriptures About feet – Joshua 4:9
And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.
Bible Scriptures About strong – Psalms 61:3
For thou hast been a shelter for me, [and] a strong tower from the enemy.
Bible Scriptures About voice – Acts 11:9
But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, [that] call not thou common.
Bible Scriptures About great – Kings-2 25:26
And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees.
Bible Scriptures About sheep – Numbers 31:36
And the half, [which was] the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep:
Bible Scriptures About mother – Matthew 1:18
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
Bible Scriptures About beasts – Daniel 7:7
After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it [was] diverse from all the beasts that [were] before it; and it had ten horns.
Bible Scriptures About temple – Acts 5:42
And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.
Bible Scriptures About children – Numbers 15:2
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you,
Bible Scriptures About servant – Kings-1 1:51
And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me to day that he will not slay his servant with the sword.
Bible Verses About prevail – Samuel-1 2:9
He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
Bible Verses About watch – Colossians 4:2
Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
Bible Verses About planted – Ezekiel 17:10
Yea, behold, [being] planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew.
Bible Verses About esau – Genesis 36:2
Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;
Bible Verses About strange – Zecharia 7:10
And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
Bible Verses About whirlwind – Isaiah 21:1
The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; [so] it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.
Bible Verses About stirred – Daniel 11:10
But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and [one] shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, [even] to his fortress.
Bible Verses About cup – Ezekiel 23:31
Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her cup into thine hand.
Bible Verses About valleys – Kings-1 20:28
And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD [is] God of the hills, but he [is] not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.
Bible Verses About higher – Numbers 24:7
He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed [shall be] in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
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