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Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee.
Genesis
LawAnd the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims.
Exodus
LawIf a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.
Exodus
LawWherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.
Numbers
Law / MosesI have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsWherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.
Judges
HistoryAnd when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD.
Exodus
Law / MosesLet the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
Job
Wisdom / JobHear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
Judges
History / SamuelJesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
John
GospelsFor which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielIn the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
Job
Wisdom / JobHe hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsJoab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not, because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number put in the account of the chronicles of king David.
1 Chronicles
HistoryEven as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesHow long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
Psalms
PoetryHe lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
Job
WisdomThou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThen said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
Hebrews
General EpistlesThere is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.