And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahI was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
Genesis
LawAnd the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.
Judges
HistoryI will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
Genesis
LawYe shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
Genesis
Law / MosesOught ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThe eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
Job
Wisdom / JobThine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
Job
Wisdom / JobThey shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAccording to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsWhether it be in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen; whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin;
Leviticus
Law / MosesFor every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBut when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
Matthew
GospelsHast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBut ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahI have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,
Isaiah
Major ProphetsWhen he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
Matthew
GospelsAnd I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.