So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsThen they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.
Psalms
PoetryNot unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.
Psalms
PoetryI have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe.
Joshua
HistorySaying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsWhen the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.
Proverbs
WisdomTeach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.
Job
Wisdom / JobSamuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.
Acts
History / LukeAnd when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewWherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.
Leviticus
LawAnd David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs,
1 Chronicles
HistoryLord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
Psalms
PoetryWhen thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
Deuteronomy
LawHe that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice,
1 Kings
HistoryAt the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBehold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThen was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.
Job
WisdomOf Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;