As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;
2 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulCan a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd these are the numbers of them according to the house of their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThose that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsMy son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBecause thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahGilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.
Mark
Gospels / MarkDoth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
Job
WisdomFor afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)
2 Samuel
HistoryMy lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
Psalms
PoetryWhen the king of Babylon's army fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defenced cities remained of the cities of Judah.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsIn the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,
Acts
History / LukeDeliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHe was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
John
GospelsAnd it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong for the house of Saul.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd when Moses heard that, he was content.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThen came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do?