It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
Job
WisdomBecause that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
Psalms
PoetryIf the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulCounsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThen came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers:
Micah
Minor ProphetsAnd it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.
Judges
HistoryConscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man's conscience?
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesJudah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes.
2 Kings
HistoryI have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielMy son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the LORD God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.
Judges
HistoryBut the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraBut he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
John
GospelsLet your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
Colossians
Pauline EpistlesBut know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
Psalms
PoetryAnd number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
Genesis
Law / MosesHe slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd thou hast said unto me, O Lord GOD, Buy thee the field for money, and take witnesses; for the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.