For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.
1 Samuel
HistoryPraise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Psalms
PoetryAnd I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.
Matthew
GospelsAnd the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
Job
Wisdom / JobTherefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat?
John
GospelsSaying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.
Luke
Gospels / LukeWho raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThe blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Job
WisdomHear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThe law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.
Malachi
Minor ProphetsBehold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonAnd threescore and twelve thousand beeves,
Numbers
Law / MosesThe way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.
Exodus
Law / MosesWhen righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.
Proverbs
WisdomThat they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
Titus
Pauline EpistlesThus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThen Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelFor thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.