I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master?
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThen Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance?
1 Samuel
HistoryBut thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee, and shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them:
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:
Numbers
LawAnd many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
John
GospelsThere shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.
Job
WisdomMoreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
Jonah
Minor Prophets / JonahAnd Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
Judges
HistorySolomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahOr speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
Job
Wisdom / JobFrom the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThe integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonFor I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state.
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesBut I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.
Judges
History / SamuelCursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy
LawFor the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
Proverbs
WisdomAnd they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
Acts
History / LukeBut how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?