For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD is gracious and full of compassion.
Psalms
PoetryFor thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
Job
WisdomThat the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west,
Joshua
History / JoshuaWho serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
Hebrews
General EpistlesHe must increase, but I must decrease.
John
Gospels / JohnThy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
Solomon's Song
PoetryAnd the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his separation is shaven:
Numbers
LawAnd it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsShall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
Job
Wisdom / JobRemove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonJesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.
John
GospelsMuch every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulPharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.
Genesis
LawAnd the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.
Leviticus
LawBut let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
James
General Epistles / JamesAnd hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielHe that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnMark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
Psalms
PoetryBehold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBut the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.