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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The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
Psalms
PoetryYe have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThat thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAlso I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD'S house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahI have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.
Exodus
LawBut the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.
Genesis
LawAnd it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;
Judges
HistoryAnd toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.
Deuteronomy
LawTruly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonThe LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
Genesis
Law / MosesI drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaHe shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
Job
WisdomAnd they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not?
Luke
Gospels / LukeThe bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire.
Judges
HistoryAnd the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.
Acts
History / LukeAnd thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not:
1 Samuel
HistoryBut unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the LORD God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto them.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAs the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.