And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahHe teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?
Job
WisdomAnd that which remaineth of the flesh and of the bread shall ye burn with fire.
Leviticus
LawThat I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersTake heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:
Exodus
LawBut now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesThat hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbour's wife,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielGod reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.
Psalms
PoetryWhat shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.
Genesis
Law / MosesThough I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?
Job
Wisdom / JobO Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;
2 Chronicles
HistoryBut now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.
Numbers
LawAs a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
Psalms
PoetryThe fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.
Acts
History / LukeThe field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelLet thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.
Psalms
PoetryAnd I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant.
2 Kings
HistoryCursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.