And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD.
Leviticus
LawAnd the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.
Deuteronomy
LawThat ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
Colossians
Pauline EpistlesFor the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:
Mark
Gospels / MarkHear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,
Amos
Minor ProphetsLet not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.
2 Samuel
HistorySlothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonFor he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD.
1 Samuel
HistoryBut if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh; then he shall bear his iniquity.
Leviticus
Law / MosesO LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.
Habakkuk
Minor ProphetsThen said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man.
Luke
GospelsBehold, with a great plague will the LORD smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods:
2 Chronicles
HistoryMoreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them.
Exodus
LawAnd they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.
2 Samuel
HistoryDominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places.
Job
WisdomServe the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.