They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAt that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.
Deuteronomy
LawThat thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.
Leviticus
Law / MosesFor then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownWherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesAnd fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It is desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThe fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.
Psalms
PoetryThough the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.
2 Chronicles
HistoryBut as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesWhile the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.
Joshua
History / JoshuaThen I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
1 John
General EpistlesFor I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
Matthew
GospelsHe looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
Job
WisdomAnd I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsThe LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThen he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.