And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it!
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
John
GospelsThat ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnWe will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.
Numbers
Law / MosesBlessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.
Psalms
PoetryThat lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosThen the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.
Mark
GospelsI am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:
Genesis
LawSo Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou wast unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielUnstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
Genesis
LawAnd Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.
Numbers
Law / MosesWhom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels:
Philemon
Pauline Epistles / PaulThe vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.
Obadiah
Minor Prophets / ObadiahAnd also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonThus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahTherefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBut I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulOf Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;