But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs before him:
Exodus
LawAnd Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.
Colossians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
Numbers
Law / MosesBehold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesHow long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
Psalms
PoetryThese ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat:
Deuteronomy
LawAnd he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.
Genesis
LawSo the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahTherefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahWhereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
James
General Epistles / JamesTurn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.
Solomon's Song
PoetryAnd Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.
Genesis
LawAt the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
Exodus
LawAnd the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came together unto him.
Mark
Gospels / MarkThe adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThe length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half.
Exodus
Law / MosesWherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulNow in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.