Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersDavid was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute was thirty and two persons.
Numbers
LawAnd he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.
Ruth
History / SamuelOnly Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.
Ezra
HistoryAnd Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelTheir heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahO praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
Psalms
PoetryBut when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
Matthew
GospelsBehold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
Job
Wisdom / JobSo shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahA man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.
Proverbs
WisdomTerrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
Job
WisdomBut Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.
Ezra
History / EzraSo the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you.
Deuteronomy
LawThe Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
2 Samuel
HistoryThou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity;
Obadiah
Minor ProphetsYet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun.
Numbers
Law / MosesWoe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!