And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsThou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersPraise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.
Psalms
PoetryAnd there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp.
Numbers
Law / MosesThe children of Hashum, two hundred twenty and three.
Ezra
History / EzraOn the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer:
Numbers
LawMy soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
Psalms
PoetryThey that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahExamine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThe oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
Luke
GospelsLet your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.
Mark
GospelsThey kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
Psalms
PoetryBut when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
Nehemiah
HistoryAll the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAsk thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me.
Hebrews
General EpistlesThen whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?
1 Samuel
History / SamuelFor he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.
Luke
GospelsAnd he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai.