For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him an house: therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray before thee.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBehold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.
Nahum
Minor ProphetsAnd he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?
Luke
GospelsHe that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
Proverbs
WisdomO God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,
1 Chronicles
HistoryWas the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation?
Habakkuk
Minor ProphetsAt that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
Mark
GospelsAnd at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.
Exodus
LawAnd it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThen shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBut Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews?
Mark
GospelsAnd Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
Joshua
History / JoshuaBut the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewSpikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
Solomon's Song
PoetryOn that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever;
Nehemiah
HistoryHave any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?
John
GospelsAnd forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.
Judges
History / SamuelAlso he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.