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Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
Leviticus
LawAnd, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there not with you, even with you, sins against the LORD your God?
2 Chronicles
HistoryBlessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersI Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielThat the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
Joshua
HistoryAnd David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.
2 Samuel
HistoryAs for the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the west side, Benjamin shall have a portion.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBeing made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
Hebrews
General EpistlesTo a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
Luke
GospelsBeside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and there were among them two hundred singing men and singing women.
Ezra
HistoryI tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.
Exodus
LawThey that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;
Deuteronomy
LawAnd he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThen again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see.
John
Gospels / JohnRejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahOf the singers also; Eliashib: and of the porters; Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to the Lord.
Acts
History / LukeAnd not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulTherefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: