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Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
John
Gospels / JohnThen they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.
Deuteronomy
LawIf David then call him Lord, how is he his son?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThen they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
Psalms
PoetryThis is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is called on it.
1 Chronicles
HistoryNeither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThey also which saw it told them by what means he that was possessed of the devils was healed.
Luke
GospelsPour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.
Psalms
PoetryAnd when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
1 Chronicles
HistoryTheir children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahI rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonThen said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBut he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he smote the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter.
1 Samuel
HistoryFor their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
Proverbs
WisdomBut I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.
John
GospelsAnd he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.
Genesis
Law / MosesBut ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
Psalms
PoetryButter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.
Exodus
Law / MosesUnto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.