I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;
Psalms
PoetryThus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan.
Judges
History / SamuelSo Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose thee
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim.
Judges
HistoryTherefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?
John
GospelsSing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsBy so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
Hebrews
General EpistlesHereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
1 John
General EpistlesEven all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?
Deuteronomy
LawThe meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThe woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:
John
Gospels / JohnBut when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
Matthew
GospelsA window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
Genesis
Law / MosesCircumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
Job
WisdomAnd he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his fat: and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar:
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahTherefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.