I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThe proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonWherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Genesis
LawAs saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day.
Acts
History / LukeThe north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonWe love him, because he first loved us.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnHelp me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersYe sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.
John
GospelsAn ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonDead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonThen said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.
Acts
History / LukeAnd thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the LORD shall choose shall shew thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering.
Leviticus
LawAnd Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren;
1 Samuel
HistoryI am that bread of life.
John
GospelsFor he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Gideon said, Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.
Judges
HistoryAnd the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?
Mark
GospelsAccording to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.