And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.
Psalms
PoetryYe which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?
Amos
Minor ProphetsWith the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.
Ruth
History / SamuelAnd, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
Genesis
Law / MosesAmam, and Shema, and Moladah,
Joshua
History / JoshuaBut if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.
Leviticus
Law / MosesBut neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the king communed with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the king.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according to their order.
1 Chronicles
HistoryThen the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThe children of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the house of the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.
Mark
GospelsFor they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
Genesis
LawFor the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWhen I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.
Luke
GospelsLest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
Deuteronomy
LawMy lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuseth to give me leave to go with you.
Numbers
Law / MosesThen hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died.