Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.
Genesis
LawAnd the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the LORD.
Joshua
HistoryBut we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against.
Acts
History / LukeI am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
John
GospelsThus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsTherefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
Psalms
PoetryAnd that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests which are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail:
Ezra
HistoryAnd this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this house?
2 Chronicles
History / EzraTheir children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about.
Exodus
LawIf they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near;
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth-el in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
Judges
History / SamuelOr, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)
Romans
Pauline EpistlesFor evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIf this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahNow therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go.
Acts
HistoryAnd these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to the war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the LORD.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsTherefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
Exodus
LawAnd it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.