I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith unto them, Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water: follow him.
Mark
Gospels / MarkFor a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;
Acts
History / LukeLikewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brasen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.
1 Chronicles
HistoryThou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, he is forehead bald: yet is he clean.
Leviticus
Law / MosesBut when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean.
Leviticus
LawAnd thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:
Exodus
LawNow the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsWhen I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBlessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Matthew
GospelsAnd the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.
Joshua
HistoryWhen thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
Genesis
Law / MosesTherefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahFor the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsHe that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomThou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.
Genesis
LawMy flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsAnd say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise.