Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an house for the LORD God of Israel.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraYe Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.
Zephaniah
Minor Prophets / ZephaniahFor as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesMy God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSo shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonSo Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.
2 Samuel
HistoryThen Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the LORD:
Exodus
LawI beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
Genesis
LawThe seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
1 Chronicles
HistoryFor he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.
Mark
GospelsBecause he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
Psalms
PoetryGo not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
Proverbs
WisdomFor Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering.
Leviticus
Law / MosesSo he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAlso to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.
Judges
History / SamuelO give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.
Psalms
PoetryTherefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.