There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.
Job
WisdomAnd as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here!
Mark
Gospels / MarkOf a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,
2 Kings
HistoryOne Lord, one faith, one baptism,
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesNevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul.
Acts
HistoryThe censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd again he went away, and prayed, and spake the same words.
Mark
GospelsTheir feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsFor the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise: and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him.
Judges
HistoryAnd the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
2 Samuel
HistoryTrain up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Proverbs
WisdomAs a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
Psalms
PoetrySo Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat.
Judges
HistoryJesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.
John
Gospels / JohnMy people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any more.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsEven to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
Job
Wisdom / JobBut he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
Psalms
PoetryBut the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong.