Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.
1 Samuel
HistoryWhile the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraIs not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThem hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work.
Exodus
LawAnd the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;
Esther
History / MordecaiThey return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAt the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAll they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
Psalms
PoetryAnd David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD'S anointed, and be guiltless?
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThough thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
Job
Wisdom / JobA froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBecause the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.
Numbers
LawLet them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHe shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
Psalms
PoetryThus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I am the LORD: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow.
1 Samuel
HistoryA noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahYea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.
Psalms
PoetryAnd stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
Luke
GospelsBut if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.
Exodus
LawWhen I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
Psalms
PoetryIn the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.