It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd one cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubims unto the fire that was between the cherubims, and took thereof, and put it into the hands of him that was clothed with linen: who took it, and went out.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
Genesis
Law / MosesTherefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
Acts
HistoryThen thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd about the space of one hour after another confidently affirmed, saying, Of a truth this fellow also was with him: for he is a Galilaean.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
Genesis
LawTake thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosWise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh.
Exodus
Law / MosesShe bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was Achsa.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsA fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonAnd what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.
Genesis
Law / MosesFor a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every one
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that they four had.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.
Exodus
Law / MosesThere is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonThen answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.
Daniel
Major ProphetsNow there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.