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Verses For Discipline & Faith
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He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean; then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
Leviticus
Law / MosesNeither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsSo Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahA cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of the same.
Exodus
LawFather, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
John
GospelsHe said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me.
2 Samuel
HistoryThen Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him.
Mark
GospelsAnd I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnThen took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest's house. And Peter followed afar off.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd Jahazah, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,
Joshua
History / JoshuaWe are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD'S house.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:
2 Samuel
HistoryHe took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;
2 Kings
History / JeremiahFor riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
Proverbs
WisdomAnd in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahBlessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
Luke
Gospels / LukeBut they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahFor riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThen shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.
Esther
HistoryAnd he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all.
Luke
GospelsThe son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher: