Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersOh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,
Ezra
History / EzraThe tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth;
Daniel
Major ProphetsFor to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonOf the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulGod hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
Psalms
PoetryPeace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd then the LORD'S wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you.
Deuteronomy
LawNo man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.
Luke
Gospels / LukeHe is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe children of Bani, six hundred forty and two.
Ezra
HistoryMoreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.
Leviticus
LawAnd when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.
Ruth
HistoryAnd which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?
Luke
Gospels / LukeTo devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
Exodus
Law / MosesMarvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
John
Gospels / JohnAnd now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThen said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.
2 Chronicles
HistoryNor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewNow therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.