I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made his defence unto the people.
Acts
History / LukeAnd I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahIn thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
Luke
Gospels / LukeMy lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?
Genesis
Law / MosesNow therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahLook down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersEvery moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
Genesis
LawOne young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:
Genesis
Law / MosesBlessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD.
Psalms
PoetryLet my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd all they that were about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was willingly offered.
Ezra
History / EzraThen Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;
Deuteronomy
LawNeither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.
Joshua
HistoryAnd Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the east, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the oblations of the LORD, and the most holy things.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.
Numbers
LawNow the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBut thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.