The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.
Job
WisdomNow it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison, that is on the other side. But he told not his father.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsNow these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
Exodus
Law / MosesOf which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThen I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meat offering and the frankincense.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahTurn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThen Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here am I.
1 Samuel
HistorySeventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielI am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.
Numbers
LawAnd these be the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThe mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
Nahum
Minor ProphetsAnd Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraWho is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it.
2 Chronicles
HistoryStrive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
Luke
Gospels / LukeBut if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulHattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
Job
WisdomAnd thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.
Numbers
Law / MosesBeloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
Jude
General Epistles / JudeNow the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.