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Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThere is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
Psalms
PoetryTherefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahCanst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis
Law / MosesWhile he yet spake, there cometh one from the ruler of the synagogue's house, saying to him, Thy daughter is dead; trouble not the Master.
Luke
GospelsIf I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahLet it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
Psalms
PoetryThy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersNow when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:
Acts
HistoryWhom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
1 Peter
General EpistlesBut sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesGird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelAnd for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills,
Deuteronomy
LawAnd in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnWhosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?
Numbers
LawAnd the cherubims were lifted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraI have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.
Luke
GospelsYea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain.
Daniel
Major ProphetsOn the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.
Numbers
Law / MosesDoth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.