I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.
1 Kings
HistoryBehold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaI went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
Ruth
History / SamuelThen many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him.
John
GospelsAnd shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
Genesis
LawNow the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownBehold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahHe that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewNow therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and enquire of the LORD by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.
Matthew
GospelsSeeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWhen thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
Jonah
Minor Prophets / JonahAnd Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.