And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahSon of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness?
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielTake the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.
Numbers
LawAhi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers.
1 Chronicles
HistoryWhose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBut when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewIn Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.
Numbers
Law / MosesLo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThen Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.
Genesis
Law / MosesTherefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.
John
Gospels / JohnThen the priest shall come and look, and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house: it is unclean.
Leviticus
LawIt is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
Job
WisdomSalute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren which are with me greet you.
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsThen the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.
2 Samuel
HistoryThou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.
Job
WisdomMany will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday: