As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Beth-aven.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAccording to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulGive us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
Psalms
PoetryLet us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner:
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone. And they kept it close, and told no man in those days any of those things which they had seen.
Luke
GospelsWhere is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd it shall be answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAll that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were an hundred thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their armies. And they shall go forward in the third rank.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraMoreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBut let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.
1 Peter
General EpistlesAt the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.
Joshua
History / JoshuaOr if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
Matthew
GospelsYet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God,
Deuteronomy
LawI will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom.
2 Samuel
HistoryFor whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.