Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Psalms
PoetryWhat mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBehold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahA man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
Proverbs
WisdomSo do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD hath sworn to David, even so I do to him;
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanWhich think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanLet his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down unto Arabah:
Joshua
HistoryAnd they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?
John
Gospels / JohnAnd the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth-shemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth-shemesh.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
Genesis
Law / MosesAll they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersJustice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraHe shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahTherefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
Zephaniah
Minor Prophets / ZephaniahAnd these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.
Genesis
LawAnd it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
Luke
GospelsThou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnThus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.