They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonOthers said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?
John
GospelsAnd for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.
Exodus
LawSalma the father of Beth-lehem, Hareph the father of Beth-gader.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David himself followed the bier.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanNow it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains.
1 Chronicles
HistoryHe saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
John
Gospels / JohnShall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before the LORD, he took one unleavened cake, and a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and put them on the fat, and upon the right shoulder:
Leviticus
LawAnd she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:
Genesis
Law / MosesBecause Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahWhich things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
Colossians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.
Acts
History / LukeAnd they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAs with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
Exodus
LawWhen thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them.
Exodus
Law / MosesFor it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.
Luke
GospelsWhich is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:
Colossians
Pauline EpistlesLet all your things be done with charity.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulWhereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.