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Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched.
2 Chronicles
HistoryWe hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses;
Numbers
LawNow these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahEvery one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the LORD.
Exodus
LawBut thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
Deuteronomy
LawArise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
Psalms
PoetryTherefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnGod forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:
Matthew
GospelsFear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.
Luke
GospelsThus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof the LORD'S heave offering to Aaron the priest.
Numbers
LawThus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother, What hath the LORD answered? and, What hath the LORD spoken?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFrom the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahIf any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
Titus
Pauline Epistles / PaulO LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersA righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
Proverbs
WisdomI was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.
John
GospelsAnd these were they which went up also from Tel-melah, Tel-haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahNo foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.