For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.
Daniel
Major ProphetsFor the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
James
General EpistlesWherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
Job
WisdomNevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulO LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThe shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
Job
WisdomWhose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple.
Acts
History / LukeThus saith the Lord GOD; I will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.
Exodus
Law / MosesManasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hephzi-bah.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewLet me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.
Job
WisdomHearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:
Exodus
Law / MosesOne man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.
Joshua
HistoryAnd behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBut as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
John
GospelsAnd every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelNow when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.