But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsThen came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?
Matthew
GospelsIn that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
Daniel
Major ProphetsA third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielOur holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahA stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
Proverbs
WisdomSo he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Beth-el.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahSome remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
Job
Wisdom / JobSo he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the LORD.
2 Kings
HistoryTrust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahHe rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
Nahum
Minor Prophets / NahumI speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesFor the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the LORD, therefore the LORD will not be with you.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;
Deuteronomy
LawShall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
Job
WisdomBut if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBut thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
Micah
Minor ProphetsThey shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them.
Leviticus
LawAll sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersNow when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.
Esther
HistoryAnd the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.
Job
WisdomDeal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.