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Verses For Discipline & Faith
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They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.
Psalms
PoetryBut I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulSpeak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, or in any work that is made of skin; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is unclean.
Leviticus
Law / MosesA wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
Proverbs
WisdomFor they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsMoreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy,
Ezra
HistoryAnd now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.
Malachi
Minor Prophets / MalachiCursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.
Numbers
LawHe hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsHe was with David at Pas-dammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king's son shall reign, as the LORD hath said of the sons of David.
2 Chronicles
HistoryLike sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersGo and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.
Judges
HistoryAnd the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:
Esther
HistoryAnd he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:
Genesis
LawThen he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
Job
WisdomWhere the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.
Psalms
PoetryGod hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God.
Psalms
PoetryBeloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
1 John
General EpistlesBut the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.