So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!
Habakkuk
Minor ProphetsFor thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.
Genesis
LawAnd she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Genesis
Law / MosesThe children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three.
Ezra
HistoryAnd thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:
Leviticus
LawAnd Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
Esther
History / MordecaiThe Lord GOD which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
Genesis
Law / MosesThe strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.
Psalms
PoetryHear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBut thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.
Luke
GospelsVerily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.
Judges
HistoryAll the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomBut one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd all the people, even the people of war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between them and Ai.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine.
Mark
GospelsI ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem.