I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father of Birzavith.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraFor thus saith the Lord GOD; The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBut neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThat at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesBlessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
Psalms
PoetryHe shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.
Leviticus
Law / MosesDamascus was thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thy making, for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, and white wool.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsGo to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
James
General Epistles / JamesFor jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
Proverbs
WisdomBut ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD for a sweet savour; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year; they shall be unto you without blemish:
Numbers
LawBut when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation of.
Acts
History / LukeAnd some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.
John
Gospels / JohnEven us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahHelp me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHe that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field.