And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsNone of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
Psalms
PoetryHe built even Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
2 Chronicles
History / EzraFor we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
Genesis
Law / MosesNow to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesTruly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.
Psalms
PoetryAnd if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah.
Numbers
LawAnd at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the children of Perez;
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahI have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThese were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
Acts
History / LukeAnd it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and no man knew it,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsHe that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBut I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
Psalms
PoetryNow the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.
1 Samuel
HistoryPeter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do?
John
Gospels / JohnThe calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahTo what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHave they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?
Judges
HistoryAnd now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter: