But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsBut 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
History / SamuelNow Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him: and he was perplexed, because that it was said of some, that John was risen from the dead;
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.
Judges
HistoryAnd who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?
1 Peter
General EpistlesLet not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesBut thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
Psalms
PoetryLORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWhich thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness.
Ezra
HistoryAnd David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:
1 Chronicles
HistoryTrouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.
Psalms
PoetryAnd now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
Deuteronomy
LawAnd they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
Mark
GospelsAnd now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king's matters: also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be with the good.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.
John
Gospels / JohnIs the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
Luke
GospelsAnd the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were of gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away.
2 Kings
HistoryThen went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai.
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.