For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBehold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
Genesis
Law / MosesThick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
Job
WisdomI write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBehold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonOne witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
Deuteronomy
LawAt what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahSpeak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:
Exodus
LawO that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.
Joshua
HistoryThus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them that were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols she defiled herself.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
Genesis
Law / Moses(Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.
Luke
Gospels / LukeGather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsTherefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaThe children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon,
Ezra
HistoryFor unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
Hebrews
General EpistlesTherefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahNevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielBut as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.