Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWoe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!
Isaiah
Major ProphetsHe is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersI will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
Psalms
PoetryAsaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;
1 Chronicles
HistoryIs not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.
Genesis
LawAs the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all they of Edom became David's servants. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThe fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle.
Acts
History / LukeJesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewI will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSo the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle: for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land.
2 Chronicles
HistoryWhoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.
Leviticus
LawAnd these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.
Joshua
History / JoshuaThen Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
Matthew
GospelsThen spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.