A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonNext unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.
Nehemiah
HistoryLet the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahHow long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth-el.
Genesis
LawThou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSo they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanFor when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWhen men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
Job
WisdomAnd the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly.
Judges
History / SamuelBenjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.
Ezra
History / EzraI saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
Daniel
Major ProphetsThey that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.
Psalms
PoetryThus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBecause they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
Psalms
PoetryAnd there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThere was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh by their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families.
Joshua
HistorySharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersMoses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.