But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel;
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
Proverbs
WisdomThat this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid.
1 Samuel
HistoryI was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
Psalms
PoetryThat at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
Acts
HistoryRun ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraCut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle.
Numbers
LawLament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
Joel
Minor ProphetsYet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it.
Luke
Gospels / LukeMake me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsLet us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.
Solomon's Song
PoetryThat thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonTwenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahShall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsJesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
John
Gospels / JohnTo the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.
Matthew
GospelsIs not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
Job
WisdomAnd I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.