Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThey shall also strip thee out of thy clothes, and take away thy fair jewels.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsFor the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesThy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.
Solomon's Song
PoetryNow the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy brother Ben-hadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Ben-hadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThen Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in great anger.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings.
1 Kings
HistoryFor afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThe blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
Genesis
Law / MosesI am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesO taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.
Amos
Minor ProphetsAnd she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
John
Gospels / JohnFor he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him.
Luke
GospelsOne young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
Numbers
LawWhat knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?
Job
WisdomIs it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the plague was stayed.
Numbers
Law / MosesTherefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsHe made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.