And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
Scripture to anchor the day. Search by book, person, theme, or keyword.
For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersGo, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd at Jeshua, and at Moladah, and at Beth-phelet,
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.
Genesis
LawAnd the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBecause thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD.
2 Kings
HistoryWhiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men;
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.
Luke
GospelsI tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAt the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.
Leviticus
LawHast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.
2 Chronicles
HistoryKeep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.
Deuteronomy
LawBut thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,
2 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulThem also king David dedicated unto the LORD, with the silver and the gold that he brought from all these nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThe shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds:
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahAnd though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosWherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?