I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.
1 Samuel
HistoryBoth young men, and maidens; old men, and children:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging:
Luke
GospelsAnd after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
2 Chronicles
HistoryHe shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.
Leviticus
Law / MosesFor we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
2 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesI will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
1 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulJesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.
Luke
GospelsAnd he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king round about.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon,
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThere shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
Proverbs
WisdomIn the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles
HistoryThat in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
Genesis
Law / MosesFor God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?
Matthew
GospelsAnd Moses did so: as the LORD commanded him, so did he.
Numbers
LawIf, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.
2 Chronicles
HistoryHow precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIn this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnAnd the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.