And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
Job
WisdomThen David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThen said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building?
Ezra
History / EzraMoreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah;
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahBehold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.
Nahum
Minor ProphetsThe children of Kirjath-arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty and three.
Ezra
HistoryWhoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahYet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
2 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.
Acts
History / LukeAnd Beth-peor, and Ashdoth-pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth,
Joshua
HistoryAnd he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
Matthew
GospelsThe burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahNow Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word: that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD our God.
Exodus
Law / MosesThou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
Psalms
PoetryThe king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one;
Joshua
HistoryIf thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
Exodus
LawO give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms
PoetryYet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBut other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.