It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesShould not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
Job
WisdomEven as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
Luke
GospelsTeach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersTherefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
Amos
Minor ProphetsFor thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahRise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee;
Mark
GospelsFor as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThe LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.
Esther
HistoryWill he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBy terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:
Psalms
PoetryAnd they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.
Genesis
LawAnd he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
Genesis
LawAs he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?
Acts
History / LukeThe mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered nothing.
Mark
GospelsThe measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Job
WisdomThe LORD hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody man.