For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say unto you, Thou land devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations;
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThey set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahHe hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahShout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAs God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
Job
Wisdom / JobNevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
Leviticus
LawFor if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
Esther
HistoryHe shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.
Job
Wisdom / JobDo all things without murmurings and disputings:
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesThen said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
Luke
GospelsAnd yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God.
1 Chronicles
HistoryFor the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only done evil before me from their youth: for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.
Deuteronomy
LawHe stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets / HabakkukJesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
John
Gospels / JohnBlessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
Psalms
PoetryOur holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsKings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.