Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:
Genesis
LawThus saith the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying,
Haggai
Minor ProphetsAnd the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
Luke
GospelsAnd they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen.
Exodus
LawAnd they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to Hebron.
2 Samuel
HistoryNow when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.
Luke
GospelsAnd he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:
Luke
Gospels / LukeMine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsHe hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahI have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.
1 Kings
HistoryBehold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWhosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
1 John
General EpistlesI will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.
Numbers
LawAll the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.
Matthew
GospelsIs not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?
Job
Wisdom / JobThou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.
Job
WisdomAnd they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewWill he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.