Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahNevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth:
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielWhat shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?
Esther
HistoryThe children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Thamah,
Ezra
History / EzraAnd he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the curious girdle of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith.
Leviticus
LawWherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesBe merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily.
Psalms
PoetryShould he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
Job
Wisdom / JobThen came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesYe shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.
Deuteronomy
LawMy lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
Job
Wisdom / JobThe LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife in Kadesh, and to the river toward the great sea.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielSo is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?
Proverbs
WisdomBut what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.
Luke
GospelsAfter he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei:
Deuteronomy
LawThou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersLest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;
Numbers
LawAnd Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
Matthew
GospelsAnd the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.