The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell.
Luke
GospelsAnd when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.
1 Samuel
HistoryI will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
Psalms
PoetryBut Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?
2 Kings
HistoryFor God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
Job
WisdomIf we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
John
Gospels / JohnBehold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it.
Leviticus
LawAnd the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.
1 Kings
HistoryThe tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
Job
Wisdom / JobTo whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahBlow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelAnd thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward.
Exodus
LawAnd Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant jewels;
2 Chronicles
History / EzraA wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonTheir horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets / HabakkukBut without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Hebrews
General EpistlesBe not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;