1-Macabees 2:1
In those days arose Mathathias the son of John, the son of Simeon, a priest of the sons of Joarib, from Jerusalem, and he abode in the mountain of Modin.
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And he had five sons: John who was surnamed Gaddis:
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And Simon, who was surnamed Thasi:
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And Judas, who was called Machabeus:
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And Eleazar, who was surnamed Abaron: and Jonathan, who was surnamed Apphus.
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These saw the evils that were done in the people of Juda, and in Jerusalem.
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And Mathathias said: woe is me, wherefore was I born to see the ruin of my people, and the ruin of the holy city, and to dwell there, when it is given into the hands of the enemies?
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The holy places are come into the hands of strangers: her temple is become as a man without honour.
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The vessels of her glory are carried away captive: her old men are murdered in the streets, and her young men are fallen by the sword of the enemies.
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What nation hath not inherited her kingdom, and gotten of her spoils?
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All her ornaments are taken away. She that was free is made a slave.
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And behold our sanctuary, and our beauty, and our glory is laid waste, and the gentiles have defiled them.
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To what end then should we live any longer?
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And Mathathias and his sons rent their garments, and they covered themselves with haircloth, and made great lamentation.
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And they that were sent from king Antiochus came thither, to compel them that were fled into the city of Modin, to sacrifice, and to burn incense, and to depart from the law of God.
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And many of the people of Israel consented, and came to them: but Mathathias and his sons stood firm.
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And they that were sent from Antiochus, answering, said to Mathathias: Thou art a ruler, and an honourable, and great man in this city, and adorned with sons, and brethren.
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Therefore come thou first, and obey the king’s commandment, as all nations have done, and the men of Juda, and they that remain in Jerusalem: and thou, and thy sons, shall be in the number of the king’s friends, and enriched with gold, and silver, and many presents.
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Then Mathathias answered, and said with a loud voice: Although all nations obey king Antiochus, so as to depart every man from the service of the law of his fathers, and consent to his commandments:
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I and my sons, and my brethren will obey the law of our fathers.
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God be merciful unto us: it is not profitable for us to forsake the law, and the justices of God:
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We will not hearken to the words of king Antiochus, neither will we sacrifice, and transgress the commandments of our law, to go another way.
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Now as he left off speaking these words, there came a certain Jew in the sight of all to sacrifice to the idols upon the altar in the city of Modin, according to the king’s commandment.
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And Mathathias saw and was grieved, and his reins trembled, and his wrath was kindled according to the judgment of the law, and running upon him he slew him upon the altar:
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Moreover the man whom king Antiochus had sent, who compelled them to sacrifice, he slew at the same time, and pulled down the altar.
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And shewed zeal for the law, as Phinees did by Zamri the son of Salomi.
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And Mathathias cried out in the city with a loud voice, saying: Every one that hath zeal for the law, and maintaineth the testament, let him follow me.
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So he, and his sons fled into the mountains, and left all that they had in the city.
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Then many that sought after judgment, and justice, went down into the desert:
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And they abode there, they and their children, and their wives, and their cattle: because afflictions increased upon them.
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And it was told to the king’s men, and to the army that was in Jerusalem in the city of David, that certain men who had broken the king’s commandment, were gone away into the secret places in the wilderness, and that many were gone after them.
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And forthwith they went out towards them, and made war against them on the sabbath day,
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And they said to them: Do you still resist? come forth, and do according to the edict of king Antiochus, and you shall live.
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And they said: We will not come forth, neither will we obey the king’s edict, to profane the sabbath day.
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And they made haste to give them battle.
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But they answered them not, neither did they cast a stone at them, nor stopped up the secret places,
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Saying: Let us all die in our innocency: and heaven and earth shall be witnesses for us, that you put us to death wrongfully.
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So they gave them battle on the sabbath: and they were slain with their wives, and their children, and their cattle, to the number of a thousand persons.
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And Mathathias and his friends heard of it, and they mourned for them exceedingly.
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And every man said to his neighbour: If we shall all do as our brethren have done, and not fight against the heathens for our lives, and our justifications: they will now quickly root us out of the earth.
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And they determined in that day, saying: Whosoever shall come up against us to fight on the sabbath day, we will fight against him: and we will not all die, as our brethren that were slain in the secret places.
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Then was assembled to them the congregation of the Assideans, the stoutest of Israel, every one that had a good will for the law.
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And all they that fled from the evils, joined themselves to them, and were a support to them.
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And they gathered an army, and slew the sinners in their wrath, and the wicked men in their indignation: and the rest fled to the nations for safety.
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And Mathathias and his friends went round about, and they threw down the altars:
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And they circumcised all the children whom they found in the confines of Israel that were uncircumcised: and they did valiantly.
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And they pursued after the children of pride, and the work prospered in their hands:
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And they recovered the law out of the hands of the nations, and out of the hands of the kings: and they yielded not the horn to the sinner.
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Now the days drew near that Mathathias should die, and he said to his sons: Now hath pride and chastisement gotten strength, and the time of destruction, and the wrath of indignation:
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Now therefore, O my sons, be ye zealous for the law, and give your lives for the covenant of your fathers.
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And call to remembrance the works of the fathers, which they have done in their generations: and you shall receive great glory, and an everlasting name.
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Was not Abraham found faithful in temptation, and it was reputed to him unto justice?
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Joseph in the time of his distress kept the commandment, and he was made lord of Egypt.
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Phinees our father, by being fervent in the zeal of God, received the covenant of an everlasting priesthood.
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Jesus, whilst he fulfilled the word, was made ruler in Israel.
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Caleb, for bearing witness before the congregation, received an inheritance.
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David by his mercy obtained the throne of an everlasting kingdom.
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Elias, while he was full of zeal for the law, was taken up into heaven.
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Ananias and Azarias and Misael by believing, were delivered out of the flame.
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Daniel in his innocency was delivered out of the mouth of the lions.
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And thus consider through all generations: that none that trust in him fail in strength.
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And fear not the words of a sinful man, for his glory is dung, and worms:
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To day he is lifted up, and to morrow he shall not be found, because he is returned into his earth; and his thought is come to nothing.
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You therefore, my sons, take courage, and behave manfully in the law: for by it you shall be glorious.
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And behold, I know that your brother Simon is a man of counsel: give ear to him always, and he shall be a father to you.
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And Judas Machabeus who is valiant and strong from his youth up, let him be the leader of your army, and he shall manage the war of the people.
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And you shall take to you all that observe the law: and revenge ye the wrong of your people.
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Render to the Gentiles their reward, and take heed to the precepts of the law.
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And he blessed them, and was joined to his fathers.
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And he died in the hundred and forty-sixth year: and he was buried by his sons in the sepulchres of his fathers in Modin, and all Israel mourned for him with great mourning.
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Bible Verses About love – John-1 3:17
But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels [of compassion] from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
Bible Verses About love – Psalms 18:1
To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day [that] the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
Bible Scriptures – John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
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Bible Verses About love – Deuteronomy 7:9
Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he [is] God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
Bible Verses About love – Genesis 29:18
And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
Bible Verses About jonah – Jonah 1:8
Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil [is] upon us; What [is] thine occupation? and whence comest thou? what [is] thy country? and of what people [art] thou?
Bible Verses About promised – Chronicles-2 6:10
The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
Bible Verses About heap – Joshua 3:16
That the waters which came down from above stood [and] rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that [is] beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, [even] the salt sea, failed, [and] were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
Bible Verses About loaves – Matthew 14:17
And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.
Bible Verses About price – Acts 5:3
But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back [part] of the price of the land?
Bible Verses About bought – Genesis 47:22
Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion [assigned them] of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.
Bible Verses About integrity – Job 27:5
God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
Bible Verses About utterly – Exodus 22:17
If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
Bible Verses About root – Isaiah 14:30
And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.
Bible Verses About table – Luke 16:21
And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
Bible Verses About perished – Samuel-2 1:27
How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!
Bible Verses About cloth – Revelations 1:13
And in the midst of the seven candlesticks [one] like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
Bible Verses About faces – Nehemiah 8:6
And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with [their] faces to the ground.
Bible Verses About servants – Genesis 47:19
Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give [us] seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.
Bible Verses About machir – Numbers 32:39
And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which [was] in it.
Bible Verses About kindled – Joshua 23:16
When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.
Bible Verses About gershon – Chronicles-1 23:6
And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, [namely], Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Bible Verses About prophesied – Acts 19:6
And when Paul had laid [his] hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
Bible Verses About joseph – Genesis 44:4
[And] when they were gone out of the city, [and] not [yet] far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?
Bible Verses About tenth – Leviticus 5:11
But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put [any] frankincense thereon: for it [is] a sin offering.
Bible Verses About trust – Psalms 22:5
They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
Bible Verses About courage – Psalms 27:14
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
Bible Verses About baptism – Colossians 2:12
Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with [him] through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
Bible Verses About women – Revelations 9:8
And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as [the teeth] of lions.
Bible Verses About forgive – Leviticus 5:10
And he shall offer the second [for] a burnt offering, according to the manner: and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin which he hath sinned, and it shall be forgiven him.
Bible Verses About prayer – Psalms 42:8
[Yet] the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song [shall be] with me, [and] my prayer unto the God of my life.
Bible Verses About hope – Hosea 2:15
And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
Bible Verses About birth – Luke 1:14
And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.
Bible Verses About wisdom – Isaiah 29:14
Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, [even] a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise [men] shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent [men] shall be hid.
Bible Verses About fasting – Matthew 15:32
Then Jesus called his disciples [unto him], and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.
Bible Verses About faith – Acts 26:18
To open their eyes, [and] to turn [them] from darkness to light, and [from] the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
Bible Verses About life – John 10:28
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any [man] pluck them out of my hand.
Bible Verses About marriage – Deuteronomy 7:3
Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.
Bible Verses About worship – Deuteronomy 11:16
Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
Bible Verses About grace – Genesis 34:11
And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.
Bible Verses About lying – John 13:25
He then lying on Jesus’ breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it?
Bible Verses About fear – Luke 8:37
Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.
Bible Verses About husbands – Colossians 3:19
Husbands, love [your] wives, and be not bitter against them.
Bible Verses About youth – Psalms 127:4
As arrows [are] in the hand of a mighty man; so [are] children of the youth.
Bible Verses About strength – Isaiah 30:2
That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
Bible Scriptures About inheritance – Kings-1 21:4
And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
Bible Scriptures About wind – Job 8:2
How long wilt thou speak these [things]? and [how long shall] the words of thy mouth [be like] a strong wind?
Bible Scriptures About fools – Ecclesiastes 7:4
The heart of the wise [is] in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools [is] in the house of mirth.
Bible Scriptures About begat – Genesis 5:30
And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:
Bible Scriptures About heathen – Jeremiah 49:15
For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, [and] despised among men.
Bible Scriptures About rain – Jeremiah 14:10
Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.
Bible Scriptures About sabbath – John 19:31
The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and [that] they might be taken away.
Bible Scriptures About obedience – Romans 1:5
By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:
Bible Scriptures About david – Psalms 144:1
[A Psalm] of David. Blessed [be] the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, [and] my fingers to fight:
Bible Scriptures About captivity – Jeremiah 29:31
Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie:
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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 strength – 1-Samuel 2:4
The bows of the men of war are broken, and the feeble are clothed with strength.
Bible Verses About fathers – Jeremiah 16:3
For this is what the Lord has said about the sons and daughters who come to birth in this place, and about their mothers who have given them birth, and about their fathers who have given life to them in this land:
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 wife – Genesis 4:17
And Cain had connection with his wife and she became with child and gave birth to Enoch: and he made a town, and gave the town the name of Enoch after his son.
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 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 dreams – Zechariah 10:2
For the images have said what is not true, and the readers of signs have seen deceit; they have given accounts of false dreams, they give comfort to no purpose: so they go out of the way like sheep, they are troubled because they have no keeper.
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 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 clean – Numbers 19:14
This is the law when death comes to a man in his tent: everyone who comes into the tent, and everyone who is in the tent, will be unclean for seven days.
Bible Verses About baptism – John 4:2
(Though, in fact, it was his disciples who gave baptism, not Jesus himself),
Bible Verses About water – Leviticus 14:50
And put one of the birds to death in a vessel of earth over flowing water;
Bible Verses About love – Psalms 119:167
My soul has kept your unchanging word; great is my love for it.
Bible Verses About purpose – Philippians 1:17
But those are preaching Christ in a spirit of competition, not from their hearts, but with the purpose of giving me pain in my prison.
Bible Verses About life – 1-Samuel 7:15
And Samuel was judge of Israel all the days of his life.
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 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 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.
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Bible Verses About wonderful – Psalms 119:129
PE. Thy testimonies [are] wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.
Bible Verses About sharpen – Ezekiel 21:9
Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished:
Bible Verses About belly – Job 15:2
Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
Bible Verses About bribe – Job 15:34
For the congregation of hypocrites [shall be] desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
Bible Verses About island – Acts 27:26
Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.
Bible Verses About calling – Luke 7:32
They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.
Bible Verses About lightning – Ezekiel 1:14
And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
Bible Verses About despise – Genesis 25:34
Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised [his] birthright.
Bible Verses About chaldeans – Jeremiah 50:35
A sword [is] upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise [men].
Bible Verses About goliath – Samuel-1 17:4
And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height [was] six cubits and a span.
Bible Verses About alienated – Ezekiel 23:18
So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated from her sister.
Bible Verses About backward – Genesis 49:17
Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
Bible Verses About bud – Isaiah 27:6
He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.
Bible Verses About stream – Isaiah 57:6
Among the smooth [stones] of the stream [is] thy portion; they, they [are] thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these?
Bible Verses About disobedience – Colossians 3:6
For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
Bible Verses About sweep – Proverbs 28:3
A poor man that oppresseth the poor [is like] a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
Bible Verses About bondservant – Leviticus 25:39
And if thy brother [that dwelleth] by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:
Bible Verses About detestable – Ezekiel 37:23
Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.
Bible Verses About establish – Hebrews 10:9
Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
Bible Verses About highway – Amos 5:16
Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing [shall be] in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.
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