My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
Psalms
PoetryAnd say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord GOD of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd thirty and six thousand beeves,
Numbers
LawBut he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnAnd he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?
Genesis
Law / MosesHe sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.
Psalms
PoetryThey are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
Job
Wisdom / JobKnow therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
Deuteronomy
LawAnd when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down unto Caesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded Paul to be brought.
Acts
History / LukeThe words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonThen the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.
Esther
History / MordecaiMy beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Solomon's Song
PoetryNow in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
Genesis
Law(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
1 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulThen Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the LORD, that were valiant men:
2 Chronicles
HistoryThe young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:
Judges
History / SamuelFor I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.