Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.
1 Samuel
HistoryAgain he said, Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I saw the LORD sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraOnce have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
Job
Wisdom / JobImmediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
Matthew
GospelsAnd that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever.
Matthew
GospelsAnd they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way.
2 Kings
HistoryTherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThey shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBut they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:
Matthew
GospelsBe thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth.
Psalms
PoetryEdom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times.
Numbers
LawThere is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.
Judges
History / SamuelThere are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonNow, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThis Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him.
Ezra
History / EzraThe LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.
Genesis
Law / MosesExalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy.
Psalms
PoetryThey that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.