Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
1 Kings
HistoryGo forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonAnd bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
Luke
Gospels / LukeWhy then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHe answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThe Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the vale for abundance.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraBehold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished at thee.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielTherefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets were of brass.
Exodus
LawAnd I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.
Genesis
Law / MosesOr ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomIn God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThe LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.
Psalms
PoetryAnd it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou?
Joshua
History / JoshuaI am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHave pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
Job
WisdomWhen he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.
Joshua
History / JoshuaOh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;