We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanHe saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewTherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsSurely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
John
Gospels / JohnThe hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBut when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.
Judges
HistoryNeither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesSpeak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
Numbers
LawAnd they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall set against thee buckler and shield and helmet round about: and I will set judgment before them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.
Acts
HistoryI hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
Amos
Minor ProphetsLet it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanI will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHe ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
Psalms
PoetryThen Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?
2 Samuel
HistoryThen he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought them up.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahHe chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHe that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.