And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahFor to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto them.
Judges
HistoryIn the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsMoreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHis mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence.
Matthew
GospelsAnd now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which thou, O LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the LORD thy God, and worship before the LORD thy God:
Deuteronomy
LawTake heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul;
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing any thing else, go through on my feet.
Numbers
Law / MosesWhich of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
Acts
HistoryMy substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThose that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him.
Acts
History / LukeThen came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBut his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would as at this time have told us such things as these.
Judges
HistoryAnd Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
1 Chronicles
HistoryI laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
Psalms
PoetryAnd said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.