It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.
Daniel
Major ProphetsHe shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against them.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
Genesis
Law / MosesFor some are already turned aside after Satan.
1 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulThe LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.
Proverbs
WisdomTurn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.
2 Kings
HistoryAll that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
Lamentations
Major ProphetsAnd by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
Acts
History / LukeAnd David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines.
1 Samuel
HistoryFor who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBy the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsMicah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraGather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahO Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal.
1 Chronicles
HistoryBow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersNo man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
John
Gospels / JohnWhile the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Genesis
LawThe violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so.