Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.
Numbers
Law / MosesBut whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewOur little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead:
Numbers
LawAbide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard.
1 Samuel
HistoryAll the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonI will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
Job
WisdomThen she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?
Ruth
HistoryWhy do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
Psalms
PoetryI am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonWhen Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
John
Gospels / JohnThe burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsOh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
Job
WisdomAnd I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsWhy will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.
Exodus
LawAnd he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.
Luke
GospelsWhile the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:
Exodus
Law / MosesThen was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.
Job
WisdomAgain the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying,