Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but obey their father's commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto me.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one.
Exodus
LawAnd by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
Luke
GospelsIs not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
Job
WisdomIf a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated:
Deuteronomy
LawBut I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind:
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesOf the children of Manasseh, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Numbers
LawThen shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.
Malachi
Minor Prophets / MalachiAnd the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make David king.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraSo there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?
2 Chronicles
History / EzraMy brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.
James
General Epistles / JamesAnd a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.
Acts
HistoryGod is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
Numbers
Law / MosesFor their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
Proverbs
WisdomTimotheus my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.
Genesis
LawBut God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThe LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
Deuteronomy
LawMy breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
Job
Wisdom / JobYea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.