It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterNow when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.
Mark
Gospels / MarkBut the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.
Numbers
LawAnd the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
Numbers
Law / MosesYe looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.
Haggai
Minor Prophets / HaggaiYet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:
Genesis
LawThou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us?
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
Numbers
LawThen the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian.
Judges
HistoryFor, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
Psalms
PoetryThen the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
Daniel
Major ProphetsI know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraHave we not power to eat and to drink?
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulHowbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.
Solomon's Song
PoetryAnd other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.
Mark
GospelsI thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd he called the porters; and they told it to the king's house within.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThen hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she was of the age of twelve years. And they were astonished with a great astonishment.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children.