The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded.
Solomon's Song
PoetryNeither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.
Numbers
LawFor David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
Acts
HistoryThen I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
Ezra
HistoryThus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsNow the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulWhen thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesNevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
1 Samuel
History / SamuelSpeak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
Numbers
LawO LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great things.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?
Numbers
LawWherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see.
2 Chronicles
HistoryO clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
Genesis
LawEvery valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;
Luke
GospelsEvery one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the LORD.
Exodus
LawBe thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
Genesis
Law / MosesFor, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.