And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace, then hath not the LORD spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsA jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed.
Leviticus
LawThou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom he had brought back.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.
Leviticus
Law / MosesSpeaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulConsider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?
Luke
Gospels / LukeWhen Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came unto him,
Acts
HistoryHow art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThe proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
Psalms
PoetryTo understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.
2 Chronicles
HistoryFor Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.
Mark
Gospels / MarkIf we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
2 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:
Luke
GospelsAnd they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
Acts
HistoryAnd I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThese are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the LORD made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.
Leviticus
Law / MosesIn that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahTheir horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.
Habakkuk
Minor ProphetsAnd the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son.