So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy God.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanRehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:
Ezra
History / EzraAnd God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Genesis
Law / MosesThen they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of the LORD.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraHow long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersMake me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
Psalms
PoetryBehold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
Matthew
GospelsA foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.
Luke
GospelsGive to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
Matthew
GospelsAnd I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,
Ezra
History / EzraAnd the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahFinally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterBehold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSo when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin.
2 Samuel
HistoryThen spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
Genesis
Law / MosesThe rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.