As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy;
Mark
GospelsThese things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
Psalms
PoetryI would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?
Ruth
HistoryIs this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Job
WisdomThat thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
Job
WisdomAccuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee.
Exodus
Law / MosesSaying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.
Acts
HistoryBut overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms
PoetryAnd in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewFor it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left.
Exodus
Law / MosesSix of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth.
Exodus
LawAnd if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday: