And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:
Ezra
HistoryNow these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;
Judges
History / SamuelWhen Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his wrath was kindled.
Job
WisdomLook upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.
Matthew
GospelsBow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThese chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout their generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThe children of Hagab, the children of Shalmai, the children of Hanan,
Ezra
HistoryAnd those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty.
Numbers
LawWhen the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBlessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying,
Luke
GospelsThen rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.
Ezra
HistoryWho hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
Proverbs
WisdomFor he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom:
2 Chronicles
HistoryHave they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?
Judges
History / SamuelThe life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.
Luke
GospelsThe LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?
Matthew
GospelsBecause the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahI said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomThen Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone.