Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnCursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesI have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
Psalms
PoetryBut if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.
Nehemiah
HistoryThe centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
Matthew
GospelsAnd saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd they of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelHe that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
Proverbs
WisdomThus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.
Esther
HistoryAnd a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,
Luke
Gospels / LukeO remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.
Psalms
Poetry(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
Proverbs
WisdomThen took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
Job
Wisdom / JobMy soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Job
WisdomAnd they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders,
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.
Genesis
LawAnd they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city:
Acts
History / LukeThen came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?
Matthew
GospelsI said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsAnd when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:
Acts
HistoryAnd thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt go to Babylon.