I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersLORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
Psalms
PoetryBut Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.
2 Samuel
HistoryHe took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;
2 Kings
HistoryNow the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carry away.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahBut when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.
Mark
Gospels / MarkWhere the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.
2 Samuel
HistoryThe chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu the Antothite,
1 Chronicles
HistoryGo, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.
Acts
History / LukeMany therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?
John
Gospels / JohnBut that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.
Acts
HistoryThus saith the Lord GOD; I will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD.
2 Kings
HistoryOne kid of the goats for a sin offering:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielRighteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.
Psalms
PoetryIn that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHe that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBut he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation:
Mark
Gospels / MarkThen the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea: