And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.
Exodus
LawYe stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel,
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd in the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt offering and the sin offering and the trespass offering.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?
Genesis
LawWhat shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me?
Psalms
PoetryThou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.
Numbers
LawThey would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary, and refreshed themselves there.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanSo Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThe men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThere shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.
Leviticus
Law / MosesI counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonNot according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
Hebrews
General EpistlesYea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase.
Psalms
PoetryAnd this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
Philippians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?
Judges
History / SamuelPraise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.