Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying,
Deuteronomy
LawAnd they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
Genesis
LawSo Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face.
2 Samuel
HistoryThou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance.
Job
WisdomAnd ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.
Joshua
HistoryAtaroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
Numbers
Law / MosesI called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve their souls.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsThe LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias;
Matthew
GospelsBut as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.
Deuteronomy
LawBut now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art: and they made a very great burning for him.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,
1 Chronicles
HistoryThere the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
Job
Wisdom / JobI cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.
Psalms
PoetryThen Jonathan said to David, To morrow is the new moon: and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAlso I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD'S house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.
Luke
Gospels / LukeWherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace: