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Verses For Discipline & Faith
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But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
2 Peter
General Epistles / PeterMy bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
Job
WisdomKeep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it.
Exodus
Law / MosesYea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon the altar:
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
Mark
GospelsWhen thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour's standing corn.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them:
Acts
HistoryAnd when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanWherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielThey gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba;
Joshua
HistoryMy bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Matthew
GospelsAnd when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.
Luke
GospelsOf the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Numbers
LawAnd it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
Matthew
GospelsAnd a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThe LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersO that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!