For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
Genesis
LawAnd the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAlso, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThou shalt not be afraid of them: but shalt well remember what the LORD thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;
Deuteronomy
LawAnd Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
Luke
GospelsWhether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of the LORD our God.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsI loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on,) but stand thou still a while, that I may shew thee the word of God.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelHe that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
Proverbs
WisdomBut we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAdonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjath-jearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the LORD; come ye down, and fetch it up to you.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelHis body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThere shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
Psalms
PoetryTell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.
Joel
Minor ProphetsAnd before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah:
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahNotwithstanding the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanI have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
Job
Wisdom / JobOr a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.