But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
Proverbs
WisdomThou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins.
Psalms
PoetryNow in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.
Luke
GospelsTo turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
Lamentations
Major ProphetsJoah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraIf we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahWhy died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?
Job
WisdomAnd the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahHe will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great.
Psalms
PoetryThen Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
1 Chronicles
HistoryTherefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahBehold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahI will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
Psalms
PoetryThe just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThey shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersI tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.
Leviticus
LawAnd it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.
Ezra
History / EzraLet both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
Matthew
GospelsBut God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.