Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBut as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages:
Joshua
History / JoshuaHe that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:
Judges
History / SamuelDeck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.
Job
Wisdom / JobAll the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
Joshua
HistoryWherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased thee.
Jonah
Minor Prophets / JonahWhen ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
Matthew
GospelsAnd ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.
Malachi
Minor Prophets / MalachiAsahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem,
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnnas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
Luke
GospelsKnowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulYea, thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shalt lie with them that are slain with the sword.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsOr those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.
Jonah
Minor ProphetsTeach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
Matthew
GospelsThey are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the priest shall bring them before the LORD, and shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt offering:
Numbers
LawAnd all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs:
Exodus
Law / MosesYet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.