And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersO daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain: and he did to the king of Makkedah as he did unto the king of Jericho.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
Genesis
LawBut all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side there shall be twenty boards:
Exodus
Law / MosesMy sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
John
Gospels / JohnHell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
Proverbs
WisdomAnd they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai.
Numbers
LawTherefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThen I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonSo Job died, being old and full of days.
Job
WisdomHear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
Micah
Minor ProphetsIf I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
Job
Wisdom / JobSo I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
1 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesThe LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
Deuteronomy
LawWherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesThey pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
Numbers
Law / MosesBut man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
Job
WisdomMy people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.