And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
Amos
Minor ProphetsThou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBut sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterThe same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee.
Luke
GospelsSo Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.
Genesis
LawFor he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.
Acts
History / LukeAnd were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesThus saith the Lord GOD; In the first month, in the first day of the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, and cleanse the sanctuary:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahYe shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus
LawIf ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
Malachi
Minor ProphetsSo they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children.
Numbers
LawA man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt.
Deuteronomy
LawPraise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersO God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThen he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.
Luke
GospelsLet the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head:
Esther
HistorySo they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahGod brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them.