Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.
Daniel
Major ProphetsMoreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahHe hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
Exodus
Law / MosesBut it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahThen Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.
2 Chronicles
HistoryCast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSo Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent.
1 Samuel
HistoryFrom whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people.
Leviticus
LawAnd Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
Matthew
GospelsFor thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
Job
Wisdom / JobLet my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.
Psalms
PoetryAnd thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver.
Exodus
Law / MosesFor how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahAnd Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?
Genesis
Law / MosesThose that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.
Numbers
Law / MosesHowbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
Acts
History / LukeBut his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his fortress.