They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me.
Acts
History / LukeAnd when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
Job
Wisdom / JobThe lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?
Amos
Minor ProphetsThus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
Genesis
LawThen the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.
Acts
HistoryAnd thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the LORD.
Leviticus
Law / MosesFor it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back again from pursuing him.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.
2 Samuel
HistoryBut in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the LORD withal.
Leviticus
Law / MosesWhere there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonLet them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
Genesis
LawFor he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This is one of them.
Mark
Gospels / MarkTherefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.
Acts
History / LukeAs they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil.
Matthew
GospelsAnd it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?
Exodus
Law / MosesWhen thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahHide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.