Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahSon of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place.
Judges
History / SamuelWhereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.
Genesis
LawSo that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:
Genesis
Law / MosesOne golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
Numbers
LawGrace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
2 Peter
General EpistlesAnd the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria.
1 Kings
HistoryO LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.
2 Chronicles
HistoryI will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBe afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
James
General Epistles / JamesFor strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
Psalms
PoetryHe turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague.
Leviticus
LawFor there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonArise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahBut I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesThey have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
Deuteronomy
LawHow is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsI speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.