My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewNow in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;
Esther
HistoryFor I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.
Luke
Gospels / LukeFor by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.
Proverbs
WisdomO magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed.
Numbers
LawLet them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersI have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna.
Genesis
LawPhinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.
Numbers
Law / MosesHe paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
Job
WisdomAfter he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?
Genesis
LawIf thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsFor now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
Job
WisdomGod brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
Numbers
Law / MosesThe LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelDearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
1 Peter
General EpistlesAnd the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThat I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
Psalms
PoetryPaul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;