Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given.
Matthew
GospelsHow is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
Matthew
GospelsThe heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
Mark
Gospels / MarkFor it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:
Psalms
PoetryBut the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Beth-haccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahSo we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThey kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
Psalms
PoetryNow Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanWhich make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
Job
Wisdom / JobSo when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.
Matthew
GospelsFor he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
Psalms
PoetryAnd confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:
Psalms
PoetryI have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
Psalms
PoetryHereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
1 John
General EpistlesAfter two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles
HistoryWoe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsIf I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
Psalms
PoetryHave mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersNow therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land.
2 Kings
HistoryThe legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.