And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBut I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsWhy do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:
Exodus
Law / MosesWho giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersLet thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWhat I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
Matthew
GospelsAnd to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at even;
1 Chronicles
History / EzraFour tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they slew their sacrifices.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
Revelation
ApocalypticIn that day also he shall come even to thee from Assyria, and from the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.
Micah
Minor ProphetsPersecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesIn the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work therein:
Numbers
Law / MosesKeep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
Psalms
PoetryFor our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked:
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulIn the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThe king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art not thou a seer? return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsYet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith the LORD. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.