And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begat Micah.
1 Chronicles
HistoryThe father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
Proverbs
WisdomFor the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThe children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon.
Nehemiah
HistoryHear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
Amos
Minor ProphetsBecause he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.
Job
Wisdom / JobFor in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThe LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThey which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahMy son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonO ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole's mouth.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahReproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersTahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.
Acts
History / LukeBehold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThis I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulWhose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web.
Job
Wisdom / JobThose that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
Numbers
LawThe discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.