I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
Job
WisdomTherefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers
Law / MosesSave when there shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall greatly bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it:
Deuteronomy
LawAnd when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him.
Acts
History / LukeYe worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
John
Gospels / JohnWherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielI am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.
1 Kings
HistoryThe ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.
Luke
Gospels / LukeBut when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.
2 Samuel
HistoryMy son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard is good.
1 Kings
HistoryI am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
John
GospelsA violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonO Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd this was done three times: and all were drawn up again into heaven.
Acts
History / LukeAnd the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us.
Numbers
LawWe are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWhen thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?