For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
Genesis
Law / MosesO Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahBehold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets / HabakkukThen drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.
Luke
Gospels / LukeRighteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as they did before.
Joshua
HistoryAnd Herod said, John have I beheaded: but who is this, of whom I hear such things? And he desired to see him.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd Job answered and said,
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off his head, and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar:
Leviticus
Law / MosesThrough thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Ish-bosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from Phaltiel the son of Laish.
2 Samuel
HistoryWho are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThey sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaFor a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonThen will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel.
2 Chronicles
HistoryYea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesAnd he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such as he can get;
Leviticus
Law / MosesWherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.