Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
2 Samuel
HistoryCanst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
Job
WisdomAnd ye shall know that I am the LORD: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the manners of the heathen that are round about you.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast enquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place.
1 Samuel
HistoryLook upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsFor he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.
Luke
Gospels / LukeLet thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.
Nehemiah
HistoryFor all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelO remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
Job
WisdomI will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
Psalms
PoetryWherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.
1 Samuel
HistoryWhat shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.
Genesis
LawFor ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORD your God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHodijah, Bani, Beninu.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.
Luke
GospelsI am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
Psalms
PoetryAnd some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one, Is it I? and another said, Is it I?
Mark
GospelsPass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosChildren, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.