For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersArise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahHe went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAs he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
Luke
GospelsWhy was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
John
Gospels / JohnDeliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahFor he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
Job
Wisdom / JobWhich holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.
Psalms
PoetryAnd when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor:
Numbers
LawAnd Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, and the LORD was with him.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThen I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielSo that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
Psalms
PoetryThe poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonYe know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesIsrael hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:
Judges
HistoryFor Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the LORD of hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThese were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward.