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Verses For Discipline & Faith
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They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
Exodus
LawBut now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
Colossians
Pauline EpistlesMy strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulEvery man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThat which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonBut if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsDo ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewDevise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonSixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraBut the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
Genesis
LawAnd the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons' after him, to be anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them.
Exodus
LawThy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.
Jonah
Minor ProphetsFor it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
2 Peter
General Epistles / PeterHe shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
Psalms
PoetryFor we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.
Numbers
LawA cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of the same.
Exodus
LawAnd the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters of strife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is the south side southward.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd when Moses heard that, he was content.