I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraSurely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonOne of the servants of the high priest, being his kinsman whose ear Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with him?
John
Gospels / JohnO LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.
Esther
HistoryKeep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.
Genesis
Law / MosesBut what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.
Matthew
GospelsAnd he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.
Genesis
Law / MosesThou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersTheir enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersKnowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulA righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
Proverbs
WisdomAlso of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;
Nehemiah
HistoryFor all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
Psalms
PoetryThen went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.
Acts
HistoryAnd, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonI will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests;
Zephaniah
Minor Prophets / ZephaniahFor thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath appointed out for my master's son.
Genesis
LawAnd the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require of me, that will I do for thee.