For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;
Esther
HistoryI call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.
Psalms
PoetrySo David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice among all his people.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraSo he offered upon the altar which he had made in Beth-el the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.
1 Kings
HistoryThis is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielO God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
Psalms
PoetryYe shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.
Deuteronomy
LawThen answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.
Daniel
Major ProphetsCanst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
Job
WisdomAnd some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests' garments.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahIn that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.
Luke
Gospels / LukeI will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahNow the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAll the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Psalms
PoetryWhen I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.
Genesis
LawThus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThen the LORD said unto me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time.
Numbers
LawBut now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?
John
GospelsAnd the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.