Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsHe that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
Proverbs
WisdomThat by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownFor these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
Luke
Gospels / LukeNow upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.
Luke
Gospels / LukeCan the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThe pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light,
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was gathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.
Judges
History / SamuelFor ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
Psalms
PoetryAnd I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsO Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.
Nehemiah
HistoryNow when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)
Esther
History / MordecaiTell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonWhen the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.
Deuteronomy
LawWhich turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.
Psalms
PoetryBut also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever: no, not when the LORD hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth.
1 Samuel
HistoryThen Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?
Luke
GospelsHereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
1 John
General EpistlesBut the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.
Psalms
PoetryThe Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsIn that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.