I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesFor in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThat they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
1 Kings
HistoryBut I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahEvery day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
Matthew
GospelsNow Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's place.
2 Samuel
HistoryWhen Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaWherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete.
Acts
HistoryThou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
Exodus
LawHis breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
Psalms
PoetryFor the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.
Psalms
PoetryThen all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.
Ezra
HistoryAnd Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelBut when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesBut thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord saith.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
Acts
HistoryAs for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
Psalms
PoetryAnd when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.