He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahBehold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
Psalms
PoetrySeventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielO thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahHe also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
Joshua
History / JoshuaOf Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
Genesis
LawOf the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
Numbers
Law / MosesOr a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded,
Leviticus
LawWoe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahI have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth.
Joshua
History / JoshuaThus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
1 John
General EpistlesInstead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBut when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsFor I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulWilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem;