For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
Ecclesiastes
WisdomOver the camels also was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd 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 it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,
Luke
GospelsSo Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well?
2 Kings
History / JeremiahSaying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd they remembered his words,
Luke
Gospels / LukeThen the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him,
Acts
HistoryAnd God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
Genesis
LawThen came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
Genesis
Law / MosesThere is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonBenaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh,
Ezra
HistoryAnd they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the LORD.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThese were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
Acts
History / LukeLet my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.
Genesis
Law / MosesHear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts,
Amos
Minor ProphetsHis flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to the days of his youth:
Job
WisdomPersecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesAs concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter?