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Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered nothing.
Mark
Gospels / MarkHow much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThen came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewWhich make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosWho giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
Job
Wisdom / JobFor he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar.
Hebrews
General EpistlesThat every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahSon of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by them?
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielJoseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersA little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
Numbers
Law / MosesWhat man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.
Numbers
LawFor what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Mark
Gospels / MarkSo they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them.
Judges
HistoryAnd Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.
2 Kings
HistorySibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,