For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelIf she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.
Solomon's Song
PoetryAnd when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond Jordan.
Genesis
LawSo they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed.
Mark
GospelsAnd Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.
2 Kings
HistoryThou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
Mark
GospelsBut made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
Philippians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.
Luke
GospelsThe LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
Deuteronomy
LawIn the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahTherefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBy night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
Solomon's Song
PoetryWas it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD'S prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
1 Kings
History / JeremiahTherefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified holy things unto the Levites; and the Levites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron.
Nehemiah
HistoryFor every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsWhy is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
Job
WisdomTherefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe.
Ruth
History / SamuelAnd he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.