It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.
Numbers
LawPrinces have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
Psalms
PoetrySo the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraMine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
Matthew
GospelsAnd delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly.
Judges
History / SamuelHonour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThe word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahWherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
Exodus
LawAnd as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve,
Isaiah
Major ProphetsTherefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
Psalms
PoetryThe fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalms
PoetryBehold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraYet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
Job
Wisdom / JobBut cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.
Malachi
Minor Prophets / MalachiHe arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.