And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
Scripture to anchor the day. Search by book, person, theme, or keyword.
But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersConsider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesAs thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBehold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles.
Job
Wisdom / JobMoab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBut God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.
Acts
History / LukeAnd it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.
Deuteronomy
LawYea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThen commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
Daniel
Major ProphetsNow therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanSo Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThat he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.
1 Kings
HistoryLift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAsaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;
1 Chronicles
HistoryHerein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
1 John
General EpistlesFor thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
Psalms
PoetryAnd it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills.
Zephaniah
Minor Prophets / ZephaniahAnd Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahBehold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.