A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:
Deuteronomy
LawAnd it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.
Judges
HistoryThe king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.
1 Kings
HistoryThou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine:
Deuteronomy
LawI should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
Job
WisdomFor this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
1 John
General EpistlesAnd thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsYet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.
Nahum
Minor Prophets / NahumAnd the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon: and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthah-el:
Joshua
HistoryThe whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour were two thousand and six hundred.
2 Chronicles
HistoryBetter is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomThus said the LORD unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahTherefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
Psalms
PoetryWill the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.
Judges
History / SamuelThe calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewO ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd they that are far off shall come and build in the temple of the LORD, and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahThen came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsWhat is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?