Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?
Job
Wisdom / JobWherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD:
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
1 Chronicles
HistoryThere they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
Job
WisdomBut if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land.
2 Kings
HistoryCanst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
Job
WisdomThat the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahTherefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.
Genesis
LawIf ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
James
General EpistlesAnd the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one.
Exodus
Law / MosesThe children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThe altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.
1 Kings
HistoryIt repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.
1 Samuel
HistoryThen the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.
Jonah
Minor Prophets / JonahFor thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersNow when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
Acts
History / LukeWherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahNow therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.
Nehemiah
HistoryThen came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink.
Acts
History / LukeTherefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it.