It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
Genesis
LawSon of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day!
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd Moses charged the people the same day, saying,
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesTill he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
Genesis
Law / MosesCan the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsNow the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.
Judges
History / SamuelIn God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
Psalms
PoetryAnd on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
Genesis
LawHe shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.
1 Kings
HistoryFor Adam was first formed, then Eve.
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesAnd many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this great city?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez,
Joshua
History / JoshuaHowbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.
John
GospelsBut they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:
Matthew
GospelsAnd the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rereward with Achish.
1 Samuel
HistoryThey shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
Psalms
PoetryIf the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
Job
Wisdom / JobFor I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.