Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
Genesis
Law / MosesI will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaFor thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.
Job
Wisdom / JobYea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the glory of the LORD.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering:
Leviticus
LawAnd saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewRejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersShall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
Job
WisdomAnd say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them.
Solomon's Song
PoetryConsider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
Psalms
PoetryDestroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.
Psalms
PoetryThen was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThen Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.
Exodus
Law / MosesThat ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
Acts
HistoryKeeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
Exodus
Law / MosesBut when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.
1 Chronicles
HistoryO sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth.
Psalms
PoetryAnd it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
Judges
HistoryAnd they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
Psalms
PoetryAnd all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.