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Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.
Nahum
Minor Prophets / NahumAnd of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare?
Luke
GospelsAnd he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThey kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, as the duty of every day required;
Ezra
HistoryAnd two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThese are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.
Leviticus
LawThe thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonHow hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
Job
Wisdom / JobThe young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahWherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
Proverbs
WisdomAnd Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people.
2 Samuel
HistoryWhen Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you?
John
GospelsPraise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.
Numbers
Law / MosesOf the sons of Pahath-moab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males.
Ezra
History / EzraSay, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them: they shall remove and go into captivity.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAs a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,
Proverbs
WisdomBut it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.