So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.
Amos
Minor ProphetsAnd, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
Matthew
GospelsBehold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
Exodus
LawThis he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?
Judges
HistoryAnd the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBy reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
Job
Wisdom / JobThou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsLet him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.
Acts
HistoryFor scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from the LORD.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him.
Luke
Gospels / LukeMoreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel.
1 Chronicles
HistoryIn the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:
Esther
HistorySo Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanJesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
John
GospelsAnd immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?
Mark
Gospels / MarkFor to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood:
2 Kings
History / JeremiahHave ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?