O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
Psalms
PoetryHis breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
Job
Wisdom / JobBut the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land:
Acts
History / LukeIn like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
1 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulHe that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersOpen thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river.
Exodus
Law / MosesTell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahSay now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon;
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsIf so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
1 Peter
General EpistlesAs it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no lack.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesBecause they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsI was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
Psalms
PoetryBut the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahFor I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,
Leviticus
LawAnd they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraIf it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHe made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThey that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonBut the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.