For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.
Leviticus
Law / MosesThey shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBut when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver.
Exodus
LawIn the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small:
2 Chronicles
HistoryFrom thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that came to do the service of the ministry, and the service of the burden in the tabernacle of the congregation,
Numbers
LawAnd they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved?
Mark
GospelsBut the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.
Exodus
LawAnd the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAlso thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.
Leviticus
LawFor where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBut it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahPraise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersTheir heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, it be not in sight deeper than the skin, and that there is no black hair in it; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of the scall seven days:
Leviticus
Law / MosesThou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:
Deuteronomy
LawAnd when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.
Acts
History / LukeAnd when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not:
Ruth
History / SamuelLay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewKeep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
Psalms
PoetryAnd God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king: