And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
Psalms
PoetryCome now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.
Exodus
Law / MosesFor how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?
Esther
History / MordecaiAcquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
2 Samuel
HistoryI know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesThe LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesIn the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,
Haggai
Minor Prophets / HaggaiNeither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
John
Gospels / JohnSo when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle:
Acts
History / LukeAnd the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;
Acts
History / LukeBut the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahBut the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
Psalms
PoetryDoth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
Job
WisdomThen hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
1 Kings
HistoryMoab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBut Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
Genesis
Law / MosesDeliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBut when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand.
2 Chronicles
HistoryBut ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their brethren.