And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBuild ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd he brought the people's offering, and took the goat, which was the sin offering for the people, and slew it, and offered it for sin, as the first.
Leviticus
LawBe ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
James
General Epistles / JamesThe kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsHath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
John
GospelsStand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
Psalms
PoetryTherefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBy faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownFor destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
Job
WisdomAnd said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel?
Judges
HistoryAs for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
Psalms
PoetryThe wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonThy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Matthew
GospelsAnd they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.
2 Samuel
HistorySuffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God's behalf.
Job
WisdomTheir enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.
Psalms
PoetryThe children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three.
Ezra
HistoryThe rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
Job
WisdomLet every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the LORD will shew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him.
Numbers
Law / MosesFor the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.