As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThen came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying,
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahAnd when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.
Exodus
LawAnd he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
Genesis
Law / MosesSurely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonThus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so.
Exodus
Law / MosesThe king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seemeth to me there is as it were a plague in the house:
Leviticus
LawAnd the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
Exodus
Law / MosesO LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
1 Peter
General EpistlesOr ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib.
Solomon's Song
PoetryAnd one of the same place answered and said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?
1 Samuel
HistoryIn that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb: and thou shalt be a sign unto them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsEven in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThen the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsHe that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
1 Kings
HistoryThus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The LORD bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness.