And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraOh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
Job
WisdomA man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
Proverbs
WisdomThe evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
Proverbs
WisdomFor we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled.
Leviticus
LawAnd Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.
Esther
History / MordecaiThe children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahWho also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahTake the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahIt is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.
Luke
GospelsThat in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Beth-el: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Ben-hadad.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?
Luke
GospelsWealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.
Psalms
PoetrySo Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.
Exodus
LawBut if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Matthew
GospelsTo him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHave mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersNow the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he shewed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
1 Kings
HistoryWhat shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsOnly he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them.
Leviticus
LawAs for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?