Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
Daniel
Major ProphetsBecause he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.
Job
WisdomAnd they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved?
Mark
GospelsUpon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.
Psalms
PoetryFor the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahPaul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulSalute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.
2 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulNow when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)
Esther
HistoryAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.
Exodus
LawBut I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.
Psalms
PoetryAs for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahO LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownThen she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.
2 Kings
HistorySo Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
Genesis
Law / MosesBut we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.
Luke
GospelsAnd to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof.
Numbers
LawHe that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.
Numbers
LawThen said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
John
GospelsAnd brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
Acts
History / LukeThe LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsAnd he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,