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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Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
Job
WisdomAnd they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad.
1 Samuel
HistoryNow is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.
John
Gospels / JohnAs for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
Job
Wisdom / JobSay now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon;
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsI am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.
Job
Wisdom / JobThe LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
Exodus
LawBut the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
2 Samuel
HistoryThe LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThis is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
Genesis
Law / MosesBut the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
Luke
Gospels / LukePut them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,
Titus
Pauline EpistlesAnd Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAlso in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the LORD your God.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they be thy due, and thy sons' due, which are given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel.
Leviticus
Law / MosesTherefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again, Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between us and you.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.
Numbers
LawAnd it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsTherefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight.