They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
2 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 Prophets / NahumJoash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraWherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWe have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahTurn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsAnd these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
Genesis
LawNor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
Psalms
PoetryThey all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.
Solomon's Song
PoetryThine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd in the evening he cometh with the twelve.
Mark
GospelsSince the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.
Ezra
HistoryThou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.
Psalms
PoetryFor I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
Leviticus
LawAnd let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?
Genesis
Law / MosesThus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The LORD bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBut Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
Luke
Gospels / LukeMany a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
Psalms
PoetryThe word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.