All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahSo Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.
2 Kings
HistoryThen Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielThe word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a quiet prince.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen the proud waters had gone over our soul.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWoe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.
1 Kings
HistoryWhich in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
1 Peter
General EpistlesAnd Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.
Numbers
LawAnd what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.
John
GospelsSo Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose thee
1 Chronicles
History / EzraI have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBut the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.
Matthew
GospelsThe elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsThou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThey say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesTherefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Matthew
GospelsAnd the other issued out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
Luke
Gospels / LukeFor whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.