Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
Proverbs
WisdomNow the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchi-shua: and the names of his two daughters were these; the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal:
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.
Leviticus
LawAnd Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el,
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers
Law / MosesBehold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;
Genesis
LawFor Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThen shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land.
Leviticus
LawAnd Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
Genesis
LawBut the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.
Exodus
LawThat the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAccording to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.
Numbers
Law / MosesFor thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahWhen Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
John
GospelsOne shall say, I am the LORD'S; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsHide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThese things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
John
Gospels / JohnOrder my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Leviticus
LawHe shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.