A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
Psalms
PoetryThe appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelI am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?
Genesis
LawBut I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.
Luke
GospelsAnd thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahIf indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:
Job
WisdomThe one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb shalt thou offer at even;
Numbers
Law / MosesEvery raven after his kind;
Leviticus
Law / MosesI, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahLord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
Matthew
Gospels / Matthew(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesHe healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
Psalms
PoetryFor what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsOn this side Jordan, in the valley over against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAm I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesTherefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsWho also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahOf this man's seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:
Acts
History / LukeAnd they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.