It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsI will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
1 John
General EpistlesAnd the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?
Luke
GospelsSo he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.
Exodus
Law / MosesNevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.
Genesis
LawVerily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.
Ezra
HistoryAnd in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahBut after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
Romans
Pauline EpistlesThine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
Proverbs
WisdomJosiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.
Acts
HistoryAs we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
Psalms
PoetryThen said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraMy son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted them.
Exodus
Law / MosesSaying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,
Ezra
HistoryYe are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.
Malachi
Minor Prophets / MalachiThen the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them.