My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.
2 Samuel
HistoryFor he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsAnd Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even, then ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you out from the land of Egypt:
Exodus
LawWherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto another with the taches: so it became one tabernacle.
Exodus
Law / MosesBehold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel,
1 Kings
History / JeremiahWhen I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
2 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnThen Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.
Acts
History / LukeIn the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.
Acts
HistoryAnd if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
John
Gospels / JohnEzer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,
1 Chronicles
HistoryI will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.
Matthew
GospelsAnd there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks.
1 Kings
HistoryThe LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.
Esther
HistoryWhich are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:
Job
WisdomFor with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThen will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.