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Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielA lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThen goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThe grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThen it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD'S, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
Judges
HistoryLikewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?
James
General EpistlesAnd David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThou shalt not eat any abominable thing.
Deuteronomy
LawIn meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesThen went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?
John
Gospels / JohnThere is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThe poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonArise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
Jonah
Minor Prophets / JonahPass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahSo we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.
Ezra
HistoryAnd I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
Nehemiah
HistoryNeither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business;
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.
2 Kings
HistoryOne kid of the goats for a sin offering: