He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.
Mark
Gospels / MarkTo go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahLight is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraBut Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,
Luke
Gospels / LukeOne thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
Acts
HistorySon of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraGo and say unto David, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThus saith the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place, which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahWhile the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewI behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor John was not yet cast into prison.
John
Gospels / JohnHe that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewIf iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
Job
Wisdom / JobShimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd at Hazar-shual, and at Beer-sheba, and in the villages thereof,
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:
1 Kings
HistoryAnd take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
Luke
GospelsFor if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.