Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThe crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them.
Judges
History / SamuelBe thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.
Psalms
PoetryI sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
John
GospelsAnd Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThey reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.
Job
WisdomI will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:
Genesis
LawAnd in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you: but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraFrom thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBy the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
Psalms
PoetryFor thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahWhen the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land;
Deuteronomy
LawThe children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.
1 Chronicles
HistoryBut put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Job
WisdomAnd it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it:
Judges
History / SamuelAnd say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanHe in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.