He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsI said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
Psalms
PoetryBut rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThen came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;
Joshua
History / JoshuaLest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
Proverbs
WisdomHow can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?
1 Chronicles
HistoryI also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.
Job
Wisdom / JobBut me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.
Nehemiah
HistoryTake the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,
Numbers
LawBut when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
Matthew
GospelsSome said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he.
John
Gospels / JohnLet a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
Proverbs
WisdomLord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulHe shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
John
GospelsAnd no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.
Hebrews
General EpistlesIn the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielWhen ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewNow Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard, saying,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death?
Deuteronomy
LawWhich was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Amos, which was the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was the son of Nagge,