Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
Luke
GospelsThen answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:
Amos
Minor ProphetsAnd Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things:
Luke
GospelsEvery man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahWives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulI am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
Psalms
PoetryWhere their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Mark
GospelsNot of works, lest any man should boast.
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulCome, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWhen he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
Proverbs
WisdomAnd he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
Exodus
LawThe third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith:
1 Chronicles
HistoryThen fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesNevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesLachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,
Joshua
History / JoshuaBut I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.
Luke
GospelsTherefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanNot as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulShall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me?
Exodus
Law / MosesBut I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.