I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
Psalms
PoetryAnd they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.
Genesis
LawThe crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahConsider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.
Psalms
PoetryWas returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.
Acts
History / LukeAnd it shall come to pass, when the LORD shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel;
1 Samuel
HistoryTherefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesIf ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
Genesis
Law / MosesBecause thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.
Genesis
LawBut he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;
Genesis
LawThus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahHow much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:
Exodus
Law / MosesSo will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in all their habitations: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielCan a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
Proverbs
WisdomAnd they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah.
Numbers
Law / MosesBut their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?
Luke
GospelsNay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing:
Leviticus
Law / MosesHis heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.