I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times:
Leviticus
Law / MosesHe that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about.
Exodus
Law / MosesAs far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
Psalms
PoetryAnd David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king?
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.
Numbers
LawWho shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAgain, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThe desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraBut there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee; for the LORD is not with Israel, to wit, with all the children of Ephraim.
2 Chronicles
HistoryHow much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
Job
Wisdom / JobThen the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
Daniel
Major ProphetsO that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
Psalms
PoetrySo they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;
Psalms
PoetryThey did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThe way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonTake a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersTwo things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die: