To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:
Numbers
LawFor how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?
Esther
History / MordecaiThou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
Leviticus
LawMy bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which is in the side of the ephod inward.
Exodus
Law / Moses(After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;)
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAn unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.
Proverbs
WisdomFor godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesThen I said unto them, What is the high place whereunto ye go? And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.
2 Samuel
HistoryThat the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
Joshua
HistoryAnd it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.
Joshua
HistoryPaul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesNow therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd it came to pass, that when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking unto all the people all the words of the LORD their God, for which the LORD their God had sent him to them, even all these words,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the meat offering shall be an ephah for a ram, and the meat offering for the lambs as he shall be able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd for the house he made windows of narrow lights.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahFor thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielHe appointed also the king's portion of his substance for the burnt offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written in the law of the LORD.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraMy soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSay not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonBut thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.