I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.
Exodus
LawLet their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to.
Judges
HistoryAnd David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
1 Samuel
History / SamuelYea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise.
John
GospelsAnd as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahDraw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.
Nahum
Minor ProphetsAnd one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.
Numbers
LawAnd as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
Acts
History / LukeO house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.
Numbers
Law / MosesBut if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraWherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the LORD?
Leviticus
LawBehold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Eben-ezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.
1 Samuel
HistoryVerily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
John
GospelsAnd that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAs an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonEvery man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but whom the LORD, and this people, and all the men of Israel, choose, his will I be, and with him will I abide.