Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd thou hast said unto me, O Lord GOD, Buy thee the field for money, and take witnesses; for the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.
Luke
Gospels / LukeBut I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThe moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms
PoetryAnd, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength.
Daniel
Major ProphetsThou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSpeak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD.
Leviticus
LawFor the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersI am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesFor a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesBut now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty:
Exodus
LawThe righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Psalms
PoetryAnd they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him.
John
GospelsAnd they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibroth-hattaavah.
Numbers
Law / MosesMoreover the altar that was at Beth-el, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
2 Kings
HistoryLORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.
Psalms
PoetryDid not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?