And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
2 Chronicles
History / EzraFor God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewTherefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsBut we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownAnd the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahGod having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were all molten.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
Job
WisdomFrom above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over against his house.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahTheir wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesGo ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielHe then having received the sop went immediately out: and it was night.
John
Gospels / JohnSo they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBut mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
Psalms
PoetryI will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
Solomon's Song
PoetryHe gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWhat mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThen the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even unto heaven.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.