And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets / HabakkukThe LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
1 Samuel
HistoryShall iron break the northern iron and the steel?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahLet them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
Psalms
PoetrySeven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanBut my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanIn that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielI hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersUnto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,
1 Peter
General EpistlesThus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
Genesis
LawAnd in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahNow the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and no man knew it,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:
Hebrews
General EpistlesThen shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
Job
WisdomFor I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnIn that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spoken it.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
Joshua
HistoryThis book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.