I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to.
Joshua
History / JoshuaDestroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.
Psalms
PoetryFor it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.
Acts
History / LukeWherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!
Job
Wisdom / JobBut the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.
1 Samuel
HistoryThen said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well knowest.
Acts
History / LukeO Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them whose face thou fearest, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.
Genesis
Law / MosesBut king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let none go forth nor escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahTherefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD.
Joshua
HistoryFor he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThen shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraYe men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
Acts
HistoryThat he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
Luke
GospelsWhose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.
Titus
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.
Numbers
Law / MosesShall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?