Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelAnd now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,
Numbers
Law / MosesWith arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahWe will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us.
Exodus
Law / MosesBecause thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
Genesis
LawMy son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm.
Luke
Gospels / LukeBut Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsShall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThis second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
2 Peter
General EpistlesAnd Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
Mark
GospelsNow to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,
Romans
Pauline EpistlesThe LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the drink offering thereof shall be the fourth part of an hin for the one lamb: in the holy place shalt thou cause the strong wine to be poured unto the LORD for a drink offering.
Numbers
Law / MosesI will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.
Acts
HistoryThen the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIn those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.
Numbers
Law / MosesWithout natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
2 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAs for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you.