Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.
Psalms
PoetryWhen she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.
Ruth
History / SamuelThen said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.
Exodus
Law / MosesThey build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahThe instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.
Judges
HistoryOr crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd I will execute judgments upon Moab; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsO ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Beth-haccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHer filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O LORD, behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified himself.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsThe grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahNow therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet to you?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
Job
WisdomBehold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahI have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
Psalms
PoetryHe is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahOf the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.
1 Samuel
HistoryThese are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
Genesis
LawNow therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.