Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelTake it of them, that they may be to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service.
Numbers
Law / MosesTherefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulPilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can.
Matthew
GospelsAnd Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.
1 Kings
HistoryMoreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, being in the midst of that which is the prince's, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the prince.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBe ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahO my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
Solomon's Song
PoetryThe Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.
John
GospelsRemembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahEbed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king, saying,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThus saith the Lord GOD; The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsSo the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraFor I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people.
Numbers
Law / MosesThen shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
Job
WisdomAnd the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?
Luke
Gospels / LukeI knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulI know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs,