For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?
Job
WisdomAnd the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house.
1 Samuel
HistoryIf I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
Psalms
PoetryWait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
Psalms
PoetryAnd these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the prince that is among them shall bear upon his shoulder in the twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not the ground with his eyes.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielNow the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
Matthew
GospelsKings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth:
Psalms
PoetryThen said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself.
Leviticus
LawNow Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the LORD said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed.
Joshua
HistoryO thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsHe that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen,
Exodus
LawThou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesRemove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonI tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.
Luke
GospelsI have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.