Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.
Luke
GospelsBehold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
Numbers
LawAnd he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings upon the four corners that were in the four feet thereof.
Exodus
LawAnd if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh.
1 Samuel
HistoryBut the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them go.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
1 Kings
HistoryThey search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.
Psalms
PoetryI say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar.
2 Samuel
HistoryThat at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:
Daniel
Major ProphetsJesus went unto the mount of Olives.
John
GospelsAnd Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
Genesis
LawAlso I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him.
Daniel
Major ProphetsTake a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
Psalms
PoetryThose that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
Numbers
LawThese things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
John
GospelsWoe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnThen Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.