And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
Acts
History / LukeBehold, your house is left unto you desolate.
Matthew
GospelsTurn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south.
Psalms
PoetryAfter them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house. After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the east gate.
Nehemiah
HistorySo then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
2 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesArt thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
Job
Wisdom / JobFor thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth.
Psalms
PoetryAnd David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.
1 Samuel
HistoryLet the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein.
1 Chronicles
HistoryFrom the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
Psalms
PoetryThe voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:
Luke
GospelsAnd now the LORD shew kindness and truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanWith whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnTherefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people;
Joshua
History / JoshuaBut he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;
Genesis
LawAnd there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;
Genesis
LawBe merciful, O LORD, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel's charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them.
Deuteronomy
LawThe LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.