Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
Proverbs
WisdomTruth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.
Psalms
PoetryNevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you.
Deuteronomy
LawRighteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly.
Judges
History / SamuelThere is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
James
General Epistles / JamesAnd after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.
John
Gospels / JohnMine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
Psalms
PoetryRejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith;
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesBut if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.
Numbers
LawAnd will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him,
Numbers
LawAnd he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesNow then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar-adan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:
2 Kings
HistoryQuench not the Spirit.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesOne of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him,
John
Gospels / JohnThen came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.
Exodus
Law / MosesHis flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to the days of his youth: