And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
Job
WisdomThe princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna; Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord:
Mark
Gospels / MarkThus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered morter, and will say unto you, The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it;
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBut the Chaldeans' army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.
Exodus
LawAmaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraMarvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
John
GospelsAnd the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place:
Ezra
History / EzraTherewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
James
General EpistlesAnd Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men.
Judges
HistoryAnd David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the hold.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThe best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahFor God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd Rabshakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?
2 Kings
History / JeremiahYet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD God of Israel.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter?
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThen the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewHe answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;
Matthew
GospelsWe have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.