And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosThe men of Michmas, an hundred and twenty and two.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahFor the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.
Esther
HistoryAs he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:
Luke
GospelsI suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulTherefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulA blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesYe know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesTheir houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
Job
WisdomThe ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsNow therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
Genesis
LawTherefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersGo up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people:
2 Kings
HistoryAnd they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art: and they made a very great burning for him.
2 Chronicles
HistoryI thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers,
Philemon
Pauline EpistlesThat the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.
Philemon
Pauline EpistlesAnd when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before Israel, they gathered themselves together.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand.
2 Chronicles
HistoryTo set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue.