This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And they came in, and possessed it; but they obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou commandedst them to do: therefore thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country.
1 Kings
HistoryThe earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say,
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThese things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThey were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
Job
Wisdom / JobBut God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
Jonah
Minor ProphetsAnd if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the LORD God of Israel?
Joshua
HistoryYe have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God.
Joshua
HistoryAnd king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, even to his house.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.
Esther
HistorySo Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together.
1 Samuel
HistoryThat thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahBut the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;
John
Gospels / JohnAnd there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnBrethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulI will therefore chastise him, and release him.
Luke
GospelsAnd I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
Amos
Minor ProphetsBut this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:
Acts
HistoryAnd with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, that were called; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew not any thing.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanGather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.