But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraTherefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahO give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms
PoetryFor if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.
Luke
GospelsI cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat thereof, and the whole rump, it shall he take off hard by the backbone; and the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,
Leviticus
LawSpeak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesIf I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBe ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;
Joshua
HistoryTherefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsFor as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulGo not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech.
Judges
HistoryThen said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.
Jeremiah
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 NathanAnd when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterFor nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.
Luke
Gospels / LukeWe be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.
Genesis
LawAll things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraI will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.