They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain.
Exodus
LawIn his days did Hiel the Beth-elite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.
Leviticus
Law / MosesLikewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
1 Peter
General EpistlesAnd it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahGive ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.
Genesis
Law / MosesSince ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesFor the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance.
Joshua
History / JoshuaI will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.
Luke
Gospels / LukeSo Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.
Genesis
LawHe hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
Job
WisdomThat Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThat I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersGreat is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraOne cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side: out of the mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof.
Exodus
LawAnd the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.