Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
Numbers
LawThen thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesGive ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all thy wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street.
Judges
History / SamuelThey cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.
John
Gospels / JohnAfter this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king's son is dead.
2 Samuel
HistoryHow then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAbove all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulNevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
Genesis
Law / MosesNow therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel:
Judges
HistoryAnd Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place.
Judges
HistoryThe LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of the LORD, and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles
HistoryHe shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knew it not.
2 Samuel
HistoryBut he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.