It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying,
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings.
1 Kings
HistorySaying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God.
Luke
GospelsThou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBehold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say.
Job
WisdomThus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.
Numbers
Law / MosesSaying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.
Psalms
PoetryIf I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,
Acts
HistoryBehold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersCome, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
Psalms
PoetryLo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
Psalms
PoetryWhom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth.
Acts
History / LukeFor ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
Psalms
PoetryThou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?
Genesis
Law / MosesBe kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
Romans
Pauline EpistlesWhy then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnA little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the LORD, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraHis body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesTherefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret parts.