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Verses For Discipline & Faith
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My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaThey cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
Psalms
PoetryIn the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.
Exodus
Law / MosesThus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her: ye will surely accomplish your vows, and surely perform your vows.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThat Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms.
Joshua
HistoryAnd all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you:
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsHe causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
2 Kings
HistoryFor we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesVerily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:
Mark
Gospels / MarkThe sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
Joel
Minor ProphetsBecause the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people hath not hearkened unto me:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to his house: for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words of the LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAll these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by whom they had children.
Ezra
HistoryBut I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD'S deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahEber, Peleg, Reu,