And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Ecclesiastes
WisdomThe God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
Acts
HistoryAnd I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
Luke
Gospels / LukeDo not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?
James
General Epistles / JamesShall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
Job
WisdomI have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThis is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even unto Artaxerxes the king; Thy servants the men on this side the river, and at such a time.
Ezra
HistoryUpon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day.
1 Samuel
HistoryI cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.
Psalms
PoetrySo Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Bizjothjah,
Joshua
HistoryI cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.
Job
Wisdom / JobThey only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD.
Exodus
Law / MosesThe tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
Psalms
PoetryBut in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd the LORD heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me; and the LORD said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said all that they have spoken.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
Genesis
LawBut in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.
Ezra
HistoryAnd Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?