For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Then 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.
Matthew
GospelsYe that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
Psalms
PoetryAnd so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
Hebrews
General EpistlesHe hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate!
2 Samuel
HistoryThe LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBut thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.
Psalms
PoetryBut if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and that there is black hair grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean: and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
Leviticus
Law / MosesPreach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesBut the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,
Esther
HistoryAnd he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraWhen thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThat thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsTherefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live?
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielO my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
Exodus
LawAnd he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses,
Numbers
LawAnd Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die.
Exodus
Law / MosesThy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.
2 Chronicles
HistorySo I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever.