And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Matthew
GospelsAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
Deuteronomy
LawThen came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?
Matthew
GospelsNeither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsNevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
Psalms
PoetryBehold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.
Mark
GospelsTo whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahEither make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewYea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation:
Romans
Pauline EpistlesI said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWhere is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?
2 Kings
History / JeremiahI will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers
Law / MosesThus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsGive heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBlessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
Psalms
PoetryWhere is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?
Matthew
GospelsBehold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahTherefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsNeither shalt thou steal.