They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.
Solomon's Song
PoetryAnd to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
Matthew
GospelsWherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewTherefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsI hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahNow therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThe LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;
Psalms
PoetryThen thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThen one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
Matthew
GospelsIn whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesFor it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesHowbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.
2 Kings
HistoryA fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelAnd thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus
LawThe wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
Psalms
PoetryO thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.
Job
WisdomAll the people of the land shall give this oblation for the prince in Israel.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsFor I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
Philippians
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBehold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.