Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Wherefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,
Joshua
HistoryThus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.
Matthew
GospelsReprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
Genesis
Law / MosesHow long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThen Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd if one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they shall divide.
Exodus
Law / MosesThou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:
Jonah
Minor ProphetsAnd the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
Genesis
Law / MosesBeat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelAnd Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.
Ezra
HistoryAnd he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersJohn did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
Mark
GospelsAnd he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
Genesis
Law / MosesFor mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsHer prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
Zephaniah
Minor Prophets / ZephaniahAnd Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good:
1 Samuel
HistoryGive ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
Psalms
PoetryAnd they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibroth-hattaavah.