Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnThen we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days.
Deuteronomy
LawGrace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesAnd Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain:
Numbers
LawWhere no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.
Joshua
HistoryThe snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD: and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites:
Numbers
Law / MosesThus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahWherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.
1 Samuel
HistoryO Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersProvide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,
Matthew
GospelsRejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.
Psalms
PoetryDid I then begin to enquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:
Genesis
LawThe LORD is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersO that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahNevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesHe appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.