Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD.
Exodus
LawBut seek not Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Beth-el shall come to nought.
Amos
Minor ProphetsFor thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.
Psalms
PoetryNow after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
Ezra
History / EzraAnd he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest:
Leviticus
LawBecause he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
Job
Wisdom / JobBecause they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesMoreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.
Mark
GospelsAnd they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsWisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
Proverbs
WisdomAnd when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?
Luke
Gospels / LukeTherefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulNo man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge.
Deuteronomy
LawThen she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.
Ruth
HistoryNow Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.
John
GospelsAnd they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah.
Numbers
Law / MosesBut as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThen the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him,
Acts
History / LukeAnd he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.
Genesis
LawAnd the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;
Deuteronomy
LawAnd the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.