And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary.
Exodus
LawThy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
Psalms
PoetryThe crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
Lamentations
Major ProphetsThe wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
Mark
Gospels / MarkWho knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesO magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.
Psalms
PoetryHow long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him.
Genesis
Law / MosesThese are the children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz;
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahLo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?
2 Samuel
HistoryMy days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersPrinces are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsI am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?
Matthew
GospelsWherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsJesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments: