He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.
1 Kings
HistoryOf the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males.
Ezra
HistoryThe God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahBy him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownYet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHe hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.
Joel
Minor ProphetsBlotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
Colossians
Pauline EpistlesAnd I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?
Micah
Minor ProphetsThou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.
Deuteronomy
LawEsteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownAll the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersNow the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
Luke
GospelsAnd if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be his.
Leviticus
LawAnd the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of Beth-zur.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraHe cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
Job
Wisdom / JobThen was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.
Daniel
Major ProphetsBut I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.
Job
Wisdom / JobThese also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,