Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that lieth before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of En-tappuah.
Joshua
HistoryAnd of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them.
Acts
HistoryAnd whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThat this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid.
1 Samuel
HistoryOur fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.
Genesis
LawAnd all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD?
2 Chronicles
HistoryWhy abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
Judges
History / SamuelMoreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahBut when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.
Acts
HistoryThe LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulMoses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus' feet, and besought him that he would come into his house:
Luke
Gospels / LukeBehold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.
Nahum
Minor Prophets / NahumFor this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
Matthew
GospelsAnd that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesAnd I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:
Revelation
ApocalypticBut now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;