Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
Genesis
Law / MosesYe shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths:
Leviticus
LawTherefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
Numbers
Law / MosesGo and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanRejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
Luke
Gospels / LukeI will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBe ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.
Job
Wisdom / JobThey shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering.
Leviticus
Law / MosesThen he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahUnto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.
Obadiah
Minor Prophets / ObadiahThe LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
Psalms
PoetryAn high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.
Proverbs
WisdomFor as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThey bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
Job
WisdomHow can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBehold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
Genesis
Law / MosesIn that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahLo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.