They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
John
Gospels / JohnHe gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is washed: and, behold, if the plague have not changed his colour, and the plague be not spread; it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire; it is fret inward, whether it be bare within or without.
Leviticus
Law / MosesI call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and the covering of the badgers' skins that is above upon it, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,
Numbers
Law / MosesThe wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
Psalms
PoetrySo they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them?
Luke
GospelsEven as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
Job
Wisdom / JobYea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterThen there went certain, and told David how the men were served. And he sent to meet them: for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:
Genesis
Law / MosesTherefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahWill ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
Job
Wisdom / JobAlthough my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.
2 Samuel
HistoryThen I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the LORD.