If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.
2 Kings
HistoryBecause he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.
Job
Wisdom / JobUntil I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahBut when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him.
Acts
HistoryWisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonIn thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth.
Numbers
LawThey have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsAnd his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and seven hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king.
1 Chronicles
HistoryThe LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil: three tenth deals shall ye offer for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram;
Numbers
Law / MosesFor the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIf it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraIf Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak?
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak;
1 Chronicles
History / EzraIn the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahHaving the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThen said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?
John
Gospels / JohnTherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will send unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThe LORD is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people.
Psalms
PoetryExamine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.