Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work therein:
Numbers
LawAnd the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever.
Numbers
LawAnd thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesLet them now that fear the LORD say, that his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day.
Leviticus
LawThe voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBut when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
Matthew
GospelsThen Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?
Luke
GospelsSpeak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod.
Numbers
LawHazor, Ramah, Gittaim,
Nehemiah
HistoryI counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web.
Judges
History / SamuelThe God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.
Genesis
Law / MosesNow it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsIf her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
Exodus
Law / MosesWoe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king's house;
2 Kings
History / JeremiahO bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:
Psalms
PoetryAnd David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.
2 Samuel
HistorySee, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;