Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThat thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:
1 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulJesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing.
John
GospelsAnd one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnTo him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSix days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:
Deuteronomy
LawThen said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
John
GospelsAnd she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahArise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
Psalms
PoetryFor the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterThen upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation;
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
Micah
Minor ProphetsThese words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
John
GospelsOnce have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
Job
WisdomAnd the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; that which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, took the captain of the guard away.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahViolence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of their's: neither shall there be wailing for them.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsArise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.
Genesis
LawThat the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
Luke
GospelsAnd when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the LORD hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.