If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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A just weight and balance are the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag are his work.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonGive ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahA foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
Matthew
GospelsAs the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonWherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanHis seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter.
Numbers
LawFor verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
Mark
GospelsThose that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewWhat shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulWhether it be in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen; whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin;
Leviticus
LawAnd the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.
Exodus
Law / MosesThou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.
2 Samuel
HistoryBehold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.
Nahum
Minor ProphetsAnd when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned unto them, and remained speechless.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth-lehem:
Ruth
History / SamuelThen goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.