The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonTo him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms
PoetryAnd whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAll the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
Job
WisdomMine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.
Mark
GospelsThe baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?
Luke
GospelsAnd Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.
Acts
History / LukeNow go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, were after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and they went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof were before them.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielMy mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.
Psalms
PoetryAnd I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
1 Samuel
HistoryThe righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
Proverbs
WisdomTherefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahWhy art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
Psalms
PoetryThen all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.
Judges
History / SamuelFor God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonSo they two went until they came to Beth-lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth-lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?
Ruth
History / SamuelAnd they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.