And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.
Matthew
GospelsAnd he said, What is the thing that the LORD hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelFor if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesHe shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.
Job
Wisdom / JobThey only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBecause the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;
Isaiah
Major ProphetsHe shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; and the priest shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more:
Leviticus
LawEven there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersI went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
Ruth
History / SamuelFor thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThat there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBy honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesHe chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersTerrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
Job
Wisdom / JobNow in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahI remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThen this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
Daniel
Major ProphetsI say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.
Exodus
Law / MosesMoreover Job continued his parable, and said,