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Verses For Discipline & Faith
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O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?
Deuteronomy
LawAnd it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,
Joshua
HistoryDavid therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanBut if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahYe hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?
Luke
Gospels / LukeFor if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
Hebrews
General EpistlesMy servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahFor there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewDamascus was thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thy making, for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, and white wool.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBut to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.
Luke
GospelsAnd I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
Malachi
Minor ProphetsAnd these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
Numbers
LawCursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesPut not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:
Proverbs
WisdomAnd thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou make them.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
Genesis
LawSo the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.