Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.
Job
WisdomBut hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielMy lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
Psalms
PoetryPraise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.
Psalms
PoetryBut the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in that work day and night.
1 Chronicles
HistoryThe impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.
John
Gospels / JohnFor Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat:
Exodus
LawAnd thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.
Exodus
Law / MosesUthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of Judah.
1 Chronicles
HistorySow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAfter the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.
Numbers
LawThe bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times:
Leviticus
LawAnd there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.
Judges
History / SamuelI say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesSo also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee.
Hebrews
General EpistlesThou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
Psalms
PoetryAnd he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.
1 Kings
HistoryBut David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Beth-lehem.
1 Samuel
HistoryThen Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them.
Genesis
LawAnd when he hath taken away the multitude, his heart shall be lifted up; and he shall cast down many ten thousands: but he shall not be strengthened by it.