Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
2 Samuel
HistoryThen came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept.
1 Samuel
HistoryI said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.
Exodus
Law / MosesHe said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
John
GospelsNow Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.
2 Kings
HistoryI will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
Micah
Minor ProphetsNeither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
Matthew
GospelsAnd when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
Matthew
GospelsAnd Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and there eat it with the bread that is in the basket of consecrations, as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it.
Leviticus
LawAnd there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.
Matthew
GospelsTheir throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
Romans
Pauline EpistlesThus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsHe that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
Psalms
Poetry(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Hebrews
General Epistles / Unknown(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)
Acts
HistoryThen spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the LORD our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
James
General Epistles / JamesBut turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
Psalms
PoetryLikewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,
Matthew
GospelsIt may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left.