Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
James
General Epistles / JamesFor I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?
Luke
Gospels / LukeThen I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord?
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsLord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewFor how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for whereas we have offended against the LORD already, ye intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass: for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraSave when there shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall greatly bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side:
Exodus
Law / MosesIf we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
1 John
General EpistlesAnd Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.
Ezra
HistoryAnd he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken:
Joshua
History / JoshuaFor Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them.
Joshua
History / JoshuaThus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThen Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThere is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
Proverbs
WisdomFor whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels.
Luke
GospelsAnd now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.
Joshua
HistoryAnd Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the LORD God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraHe made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWhen I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD, nor offer burnt offerings without cost.