Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not your's, but God's.
2 Chronicles
HistoryLORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his fat: and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar:
Leviticus
LawHe trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahA continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonFor God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn him as he burned the first bullock: it is a sin offering for the congregation.
Leviticus
Law / MosesSo the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave them unto me.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by En-rogel, and called all his brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old.
Joshua
HistoryThou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThey that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
Psalms
PoetryThen I answered them, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThe precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
Lamentations
Major ProphetsAnd Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-palet,
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again through the people from Beer-sheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the LORD God of their fathers.