That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
James
General Epistles / JamesAnd he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThis is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.
Titus
Pauline Epistles / PaulOne is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
Job
WisdomNow if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy endureth for ever:
Psalms
PoetryThe cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments.
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesThou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBe strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him:
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company before the LORD, thou, and they, and Aaron, to morrow:
Numbers
Law / MosesCommand Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering: It is the burnt offering, because of the burning upon the altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it.
Leviticus
LawAnd when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.
Mark
GospelsAnd the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they left no children, and died.
Luke
GospelsHearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahNow is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
Proverbs
WisdomWho gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesFor the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
Psalms
PoetryThe son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,
Acts
History / LukeYe shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.