My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house.
Mark
GospelsAwake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.
Solomon's Song
PoetryThey shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsHis left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
Solomon's Song
PoetryAnd when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.
Matthew
GospelsAnd I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate.
Exodus
Law / MosesBut he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee.
Job
WisdomAnd thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle.
Exodus
LawThen this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThat which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomPaul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.
Acts
HistoryAnd Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat.
Judges
HistoryTherefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.
Acts
History / LukeHe that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
Proverbs
WisdomBecause thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
Habakkuk
Minor ProphetsAnd the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahYea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.