They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesMen shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesThy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
Acts
History / LukeSo they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
Esther
HistoryAnd I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsTherefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsSo he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahBut the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?
Judges
History / SamuelPraise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:
Psalms
PoetryOf the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,
Acts
History / LukeTake the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation:
Numbers
LawBut this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
Hebrews
General EpistlesSee, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come word from you to certify me.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee?
Judges
HistoryServants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:
Colossians
Pauline Epistles / PaulLet not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
Proverbs
WisdomSo Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsGive ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
Psalms
PoetryAnd they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.