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Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.
Matthew
GospelsAnd I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant:
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them.
Mark
GospelsO ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
Psalms
PoetryHis offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
Numbers
Law / MosesThe word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahTo 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.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahHe sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.
Psalms
PoetryIf ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
Colossians
Pauline Epistles / PaulHast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
Job
Wisdom / JobEat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
Proverbs
WisdomHear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,
Luke
GospelsSend one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.
Genesis
Law / MosesAfter this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
Job
Wisdom / JobWherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownThou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:
1 Kings
HistoryHe wrote also letters to rail on the LORD God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands have not delivered their people out of mine hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine hand.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThat he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.