Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonFor all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.
Psalms
PoetryThen answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof?
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsO my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonI did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day.
Deuteronomy
LawBehold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonAnd they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem.
Exodus
LawFor wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
Proverbs
WisdomTherefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
Mark
GospelsWhosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
1 John
General EpistlesThe wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully.
Luke
GospelsAnd the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Beth-shean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHe hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsAnd it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.