And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.
Amos
Minor ProphetsRemove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the flocks.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThe wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
Psalms
PoetryThere is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:
Ecclesiastes
WisdomNeither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
Matthew
GospelsYet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
Malachi
Minor ProphetsAnd I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.
1 Samuel
HistoryWhat is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?
Job
WisdomI said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIncline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings.
Luke
GospelsAnd thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.
Deuteronomy
LawHe gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersOf the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges.
1 Chronicles
HistoryI lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsNow concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother of David slew him.
2 Samuel
HistoryBehold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.
Genesis
Law / MosesFor whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulInsomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.
Acts
History / LukeAnd then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.