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Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahThe words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonHe clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.
Psalms
PoetryAnd these shall be the measures thereof; the north side four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
Amos
Minor ProphetsWoe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Matthew
GospelsAnd when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand.
Judges
History / SamuelThou shalt not commit adultery.
Exodus
Law / MosesFor they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsTo shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem, that is at the gate!
1 Chronicles
HistoryAfter my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielIt is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.
Judges
HistoryHim that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnMoreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us?
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.
Genesis
Law / MosesThe thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.