And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.
Nahum
Minor ProphetsO LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThe king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;
Joshua
HistoryAnd he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from the LORD.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThe fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonI know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraConcerning Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, the first was Isshiah.
1 Chronicles
HistoryFor now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.
Exodus
Law / MosesBut they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.
Deuteronomy
LawServe the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.
Psalms
PoetryThat thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
Genesis
Law / MosesMercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.
Jude
General Epistles / JudeAnd Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThe way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBe thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsHe that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.
Psalms
PoetryBut if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her.