Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities.
Matthew
GospelsSo Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.
Joshua
History / JoshuaThe LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsBut Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:
John
Gospels / JohnAnd Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.
Genesis
LawAnd I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd every base had four brasen wheels, and plates of brass: and the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver were undersetters molten, at the side of every addition.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahFor the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us.
Judges
HistoryAnd the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThe fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
1 Chronicles
HistoryHe that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonRemember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon.
Numbers
Law / MosesBut when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
Esther
HistoryBut thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.