And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
Matthew
GospelsAnd they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
Revelation
ApocalypticBrethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulThou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
Psalms
PoetryAnd, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewShe put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.
Judges
HistoryExalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd he went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD.
Exodus
LawLest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonIn whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles(For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsGrace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Philemon
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.
Numbers
Law / MosesThen saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewTherefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThe sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he shall take all his fat from him, and burn it upon the altar.
Leviticus
LawYe shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you.