Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces.
Leviticus
Law / MosesBecause they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.
Psalms
PoetryOr who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Matthew
GospelsHe teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThat they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.
Exodus
Law / MosesThen Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielKnowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
James
General Epistles / JamesUnto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterBut ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?
Job
Wisdom / JobBut of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.
1 Kings
HistoryHave mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.
Numbers
LawDeliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.
Psalms
PoetryIn the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
Revelation
ApocalypticHelez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanSpeak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;
Haggai
Minor Prophets / HaggaiWhen thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger:
Deuteronomy
LawAs for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielTherefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
Acts
HistoryHe telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.